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A study involving about 300 university engineering students probed their understanding of vectors. After mathematics and physics courses in high school and a semester of college calculus, only one-third indicated familiarity with finding magnitudes or recognizing vector components.
The Physics Teacher: Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 74-77
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=2794">Knight, Randall. "The vector knowledge of beginning physics students." Phys. Teach. 33, no. 2, (February 1, 1995): 74-77.</a>
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R. Knight, , Phys. Teach. 33 (2), 74 (1995), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2344143).
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R. Knight, The vector knowledge of beginning physics students, Phys. Teach. 33 (2), 74 (1995), <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2344143>.
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Knight, R. (1995, February 1). The vector knowledge of beginning physics students. Phys. Teach., 33(2), 74-77. Retrieved May 16, 2026, from https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2344143
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Knight, Randall. "The vector knowledge of beginning physics students." Phys. Teach. 33, no. 2, (February 1, 1995): 74-77, https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2344143 (accessed 16 May 2026).
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Knight, Randall. "The vector knowledge of beginning physics students." Phys. Teach. 33.2 (1995): 74-77. 16 May 2026 <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2344143>.
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