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A moment-by-moment analysis of a successful case of students generating and running a model of permanent magnetism
written by Tamara G. Young and Lauren A. Barth-Cohen
Within PER, case studies of successful physics learning are important for many reasons, including because they provide insight into curricular development. Additionally, from a theoretical perspective, examples of successful learning as demonstrated through microgenetic analyses of moment-by-moment shifting priorities of intuitions, can also contribute to the Knowledge in Pieces (KiP) framework by providing empirical evidence for the KiP learning mechanism. Here we present a moment-by-moment analysis of a case of successful learning in which we see how intuitions about translational symmetry, scaling symmetry, and how magnets work, i.e. they have opposite poles that attract or repel, are raised and lowered as students develop and run a model of permanent magnetism that is substantively similar to the canonical model.
Physics Education Research Conference 2025
Part of the PER Conference series
Washington, DC: August 6-7, 2025
Pages 454-459
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Education Foundations
- Cognition
= Cognition Development
- Learning Theory
Electricity & Magnetism
- Magnetic Materials
= Magnets
- Middle School
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T. Young and L. Barth-Cohen, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2025, Washington, DC, 2025, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17182&DocID=6110).
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T. Young and L. Barth-Cohen, A moment-by-moment analysis of a successful case of students generating and running a model of permanent magnetism, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2025, Washington, DC, 2025, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17182&DocID=6110>.
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Young, T., & Barth-Cohen, L. (2025, August 6-7). A moment-by-moment analysis of a successful case of students generating and running a model of permanent magnetism. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2025, Washington, DC. Retrieved November 8, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17182&DocID=6110
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Young, Tamara G., and Lauren A. Barth-Cohen. "A moment-by-moment analysis of a successful case of students generating and running a model of permanent magnetism." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2025, Washington, DC, August 6-7, 2025. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17182&DocID=6110 (accessed 8 November 2025).
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Young, Tamara G., and Lauren A. Barth-Cohen. "A moment-by-moment analysis of a successful case of students generating and running a model of permanent magnetism." Physics Education Research Conference 2025. Washington, DC: 2025. 454-459 of PER Conference. 8 Nov. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17182&DocID=6110>.
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