Vector Addition: Effect of the Context and Position of the Vectors
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Pablo Barniol and Genaro Zavala
In this article we investigate the effect of: 1) the context, and 2) the position of the vectors, on 2D vector addition tasks. We administered a test to 512 students completing introductory physics courses at a private Mexican university. In the first part, we analyze students' responses in three isomorphic problems: displacements, forces, and no physical context. Students were asked to draw two vectors and the vector sum. We analyzed students' procedures detecting the difficulties when drawing the vector addition and proved that the context matters, not only compared to the context-free case but also between the contexts. In the second part, we analyze students' responses with three different arrangements of the sum of two vectors: tail-to-tail, head-to-tail and separated vectors. We compared the frequencies of the errors in the three different positions to deduce students' conceptions in the addition of vectors.
Physics Education Research Conference 2010
Part of the PER Conference series Portland, Oregon: July 21-22, 2010 Volume 1289, Pages 73-76
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=10388">Barniol, Pablo, and Genaro Zavala. "Vector Addition: Effect of the Context and Position of the Vectors." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010.</a>
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P. Barniol and G. Zavala, Vector Addition: Effect of the Context and Position of the Vectors, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, 2010, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10388&DocID=1860>.
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Barniol, P., & Zavala, G. (2010, July 21-22). Vector Addition: Effect of the Context and Position of the Vectors. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon. Retrieved December 5, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10388&DocID=1860
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Barniol, Pablo, and Genaro Zavala. "Vector Addition: Effect of the Context and Position of the Vectors." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10388&DocID=1860 (accessed 5 December 2024).
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Barniol, Pablo, and Genaro Zavala. "Vector Addition: Effect of the Context and Position of the Vectors." Physics Education Research Conference 2010. Portland, Oregon: 2010. 73-76 Vol. 1289 of PER Conference. 5 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10388&DocID=1860>.
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Title = {Vector Addition: Effect of the Context and Position of the Vectors},
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Address = {Portland, Oregon},
Series = {PER Conference},
Volume = {1289},
Month = {July 21-22},
Year = {2010}
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