A Case Study Evaluating Students' Representational Coherence of Newton's First and Second Laws

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written by Antti Savinainen and Jouni Viiri

This paper presents a method to evaluate students' representational coherence, i.e. their ability to use multiple representations and move between them in the case of Newton's first and second laws. Results of five high school students are discussed.

Physics Education Research Conference 2003
Part of the PER Conference series
Madison, WI: August 6-7, 2003
Volume 720, Pages 77-80

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Published: September 9, 2004

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Newton's First Law - Newton's Second Law Education Foundations - Learning Theory = Representations - Research Design & Methodology	- High School - Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1807258
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Restriction:: © 2003 American Institute of Physics
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DOI:: 10.1063/1.1807258
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.Di; 01.40.Ej
Keywords:: PERC 2003, classical mechanics, educational courses, educational institutions, human factors, students' representational coherence
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created July 14, 2005 by Lyle Barbato
Record Updated:: April 11, 2024 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: September 9, 2004
Other Collections:: The PER-Central

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A. Savinainen and J. Viiri, A Case Study Evaluating Students' Representational Coherence of Newton's First and Second Laws, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2003, Madison, WI, 2003, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2866&DocID=2868>.

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Savinainen, A., & Viiri, J. (2003, August 6-7). A Case Study Evaluating Students' Representational Coherence of Newton's First and Second Laws. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2003, Madison, WI. Retrieved March 16, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2866&DocID=2868

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Savinainen, Antti, and Jouni Viiri. "A Case Study Evaluating Students' Representational Coherence of Newton's First and Second Laws." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2003, Madison, WI, August 6-7, 2003. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2866&DocID=2868 (accessed 16 March 2025).

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Savinainen, Antti, and Jouni Viiri. "A Case Study Evaluating Students' Representational Coherence of Newton's First and Second Laws." Physics Education Research Conference 2003. Madison, WI: 2003. 77-80 Vol. 720 of PER Conference. 16 Mar. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=2866&DocID=2868>.

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