Understanding life science majors’ ideas about diffusion
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Samuel Tunstall, Abhilash Nair, Kathleen A. Hinko, Paul W. Irving, and Vashti Sawtelle
Diffusion and osmosis are central concepts in biology that explain mechanisms of passive transport. While biology education research has documented significant student struggles with these concepts, there are very few studies from chemistry and physics education research that explore student understanding of these ideas. Diffusion is a concept that cuts across disciplines and has important underlying physics principles that contribute to students' understanding of the process (e.g., a series of collisions resulting in a random motion process). In an introductory physics for life science majors course we documented the initial ideas students have about the topic of diffusion. We then designed a unit that leverages computational simulations to develop student understanding of how elastic collisions underlie diffusive motion. We present findings from this preliminary study on student resources for understanding diffusion, and discuss the implications for revising the curricular materials as a result of our work.
Physics Education Research Conference 2017
Part of the PER Conference series Cincinnati, OH: July 26-27, 2017 Pages 392-395
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=14653">Tunstall, S, A. Nair, K. Hinko, P. Irving, and V. Sawtelle. "Understanding life science majors’ ideas about diffusion." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2017, Cincinnati, OH, July 26-27, 2017.</a>
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S. Tunstall, A. Nair, K. Hinko, P. Irving, and V. Sawtelle, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2017, Cincinnati, OH, 2017, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14653&DocID=4830).
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S. Tunstall, A. Nair, K. Hinko, P. Irving, and V. Sawtelle, Understanding life science majors’ ideas about diffusion, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2017, Cincinnati, OH, 2017, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14653&DocID=4830>.
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Tunstall, S., Nair, A., Hinko, K., Irving, P., & Sawtelle, V. (2017, July 26-27). Understanding life science majors’ ideas about diffusion. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2017, Cincinnati, OH. Retrieved December 3, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14653&DocID=4830
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Tunstall, S, A. Nair, K. Hinko, P. Irving, and V. Sawtelle. "Understanding life science majors’ ideas about diffusion." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2017, Cincinnati, OH, July 26-27, 2017. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14653&DocID=4830 (accessed 3 December 2024).
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Tunstall, Samuel, Abhilash Nair, Kathleen Hinko, Paul Irving, and Vashti Sawtelle. "Understanding life science majors’ ideas about diffusion." Physics Education Research Conference 2017. Cincinnati, OH: 2017. 392-395 of PER Conference. 3 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14653&DocID=4830>.
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Title = {Understanding life science majors’ ideas about diffusion},
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Pages = {392-395},
Address = {Cincinnati, OH},
Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {July 26-27},
Year = {2017}
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