Detail Page

Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
written by Laura N. Walsh, Robert Howard, and Brian Bowe
This paper describes ongoing research investigating student approaches to quantitative and qualitative problem solving in physics. This empirical study was conducted using a phenomenographic approach to analyze data from individual semistructured problem solving interviews with 22 introductory college physics students. The main result of the study is a hierarchical set of categories that describe the students' problem solving approaches in the context of introductory physics.
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Education Practices
- Active Learning
= Problem Solving
General Physics
- Physics Education Research
- Lower Undergraduate
- Graduate/Professional
- Reference Material
= Research study
Intended Users Formats Ratings
- Researchers
- application/pdf
- text/html
  • Currently 0.0/5

Want to rate this material?
Login here!


Access Rights:
Limited free access
Personal use only, all commercial or other reuse prohibited
Restriction:
© 2007 The American Physical Society
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.020108
ISSN Number:
1554-9178
Keywords:
phenomenography, qualitative problem solving, quantitative problem solving
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created July 4, 2008 by Lyle Barbato
Record Updated:
April 9, 2009 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update
when Cataloged:
December 12, 2007
Other Collections:

ComPADRE is beta testing Citation Styles!

Record Link
AIP Format
L. Walsh, R. Howard, and B. Bowe, , Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 3 (2), 020108 (2007), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.020108).
AJP/PRST-PER
L. Walsh, R. Howard, and B. Bowe, Phenomenographic study of students’ problem solving approaches in physics, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 3 (2), 020108 (2007), <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.020108>.
APA Format
Walsh, L., Howard, R., & Bowe, B. (2007, December 12). Phenomenographic study of students’ problem solving approaches in physics. Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 3(2), 020108. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.020108
Chicago Format
Walsh, L, R. Howard, and B. Bowe. "Phenomenographic study of students’ problem solving approaches in physics." Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 3, no. 2, (December 12, 2007): 020108, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.020108 (accessed 9 November 2024).
MLA Format
Walsh, Laura N., Robert Howard, and Brian Bowe. "Phenomenographic study of students’ problem solving approaches in physics." Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 3.2 (2007): 020108. 9 Nov. 2024 <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.020108>.
BibTeX Export Format
@article{ Author = "Laura N. Walsh and Robert Howard and Brian Bowe", Title = {Phenomenographic study of students’ problem solving approaches in physics}, Journal = {Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res.}, Volume = {3}, Number = {2}, Pages = {020108}, Month = {December}, Year = {2007} }
Refer Export Format

%A Laura N. Walsh %A Robert Howard %A Brian Bowe %T Phenomenographic study of students' problem solving approaches in physics %J Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. %V 3 %N 2 %D December 12, 2007 %P 020108 %U https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.020108 %O application/pdf

EndNote Export Format

%0 Journal Article %A Walsh, Laura N. %A Howard, Robert %A Bowe, Brian %D December 12, 2007 %T Phenomenographic study of students' problem solving approaches in physics %J Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. %V 3 %N 2 %P 020108 %8 December 12, 2007 %@ 1554-9178 %U https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.020108


Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.

Citation Source Information

The AIP Style presented is based on information from the AIP Style Manual.

The APA Style presented is based on information from APA Style.org: Electronic References.

The Chicago Style presented is based on information from Examples of Chicago-Style Documentation.

The MLA Style presented is based on information from the MLA FAQ.

Save to my folders

Contribute

Similar Materials