Using Analogy to Solve a Three-Step Physics Problem

home » Conference Proceedings Detail Page

Detail Page

written by Shih-Yin Lin and Chandralekha Singh

In a companion paper, we discuss students' ability to take advantage of what they learn from a solved problem and transfer their learning to solve a quiz problem that has different surface features but the same underlying physics principles. Here, we discuss students' ability to perform analogical reasoning between another pair of problems. Both the problems can be solved using the same physics principles. However, the solved problem provided was a two- step problem (which can be solved by decomposing it into two sub-problems) while the quiz problem was a three-step problem. We find that it is challenging for students to extend what they learned from a two-step problem to solve a three-step problem.

Physics Education Research Conference 2010
Part of the PER Conference Invited Paper series
Portland, Oregon: July 21-22, 2010
Volume 1289, Pages 29-32

download 79kb .pdf
Published: August 24, 2010

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Foundations - Learning Theory Education Practices - Active Learning = Problem Solving	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Article = Research study

Intended Users	Formats	Ratings
- Researchers	- application/pdf - non-digital	Currently 0.0/5 Want to rate this material? Login here!

Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3515228
Access Rights:: Limited free access and
Available for purchase
Restriction:: © 2010 American Institute of Physics
A preprint of the work is available. A hard copy of the PERC 2010 proceedings is available for purchase from the AIP.
DOI:: 10.1063/1.3515228
PACSs:: 01.40.Ha; 01.40.gb
Keywords:: PERC 2010, analogy, problem solving, transfer
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created October 6, 2010 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: May 1, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 24, 2010
Other Collections:: The PER-Central

Post a new comment on this item

ComPADRE is beta testing Citation Styles!

Record Link

<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=10376">Lin, Shih-Yin, and Chandralekha Singh. "Using Analogy to Solve a Three-Step Physics Problem." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010.</a>

AIP Format

S. Lin and C. Singh, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, 2010, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10376&DocID=1849).

AJP/PRST-PER

S. Lin and C. Singh, Using Analogy to Solve a Three-Step Physics Problem, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, 2010, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10376&DocID=1849>.

APA Format

Lin, S., & Singh, C. (2010, July 21-22). Using Analogy to Solve a Three-Step Physics Problem. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon. Retrieved March 24, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10376&DocID=1849

Chicago Format

Lin, Shih-Yin, and Chandralekha Singh. "Using Analogy to Solve a Three-Step Physics Problem." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10376&DocID=1849 (accessed 24 March 2025).

MLA Format

Lin, Shih-Yin, and Chandralekha Singh. "Using Analogy to Solve a Three-Step Physics Problem." Physics Education Research Conference 2010. Portland, Oregon: 2010. 29-32 Vol. 1289 of PER Conference Invited Paper. 24 Mar. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10376&DocID=1849>.

BibTeX Export Format

@inproceedings{ Author = "Shih-Yin Lin and Chandralekha Singh", Title = {Using Analogy to Solve a Three-Step Physics Problem}, BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2010}, Pages = {29-32}, Address = {Portland, Oregon}, Series = {PER Conference Invited Paper}, Volume = {1289}, Month = {July 21-22}, Year = {2010} }

Refer Export Format

%A Shih-Yin Lin %A Chandralekha Singh %T Using Analogy to Solve a Three-Step Physics Problem %S PER Conference Invited Paper %V 1289 %D July 21-22 2010 %P 29-32 %C Portland, Oregon %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10376&DocID=1849 %O Physics Education Research Conference 2010 %O July 21-22 %O application/pdf

EndNote Export Format

%0 Conference Proceedings %A Lin, Shih-Yin %A Singh, Chandralekha %D July 21-22 2010 %T Using Analogy to Solve a Three-Step Physics Problem %B Physics Education Research Conference 2010 %C Portland, Oregon %V 1289 %P 29-32 %S PER Conference Invited Paper %8 July 21-22 %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10376&DocID=1849

Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.

Citation Source Information

The AIP Style presented is based on information from the AIP Style Manual.

The APA Style presented is based on information from APA Style.org: Electronic References.

The Chicago Style presented is based on information from Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation.

The MLA Style presented is based on information from the MLA FAQ.