R. Pepper, S. Chasteen, S. Pollock, and K. Perkins, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 245-248.
We discuss student conceptual difficulties with Gauss’s law observed in an upper-division Electricity and Magnetism (E&M) course. Difficulties at this level have been described in…
M. Kesonen, M. Asikainen, and P. Hirvonen, Eur. J. Phys., 32 (2), 521 (2011).
This study focuses on students' conceptions of electric and magnetic fields at university level and of the interrelations between them. A total of 33 students participated in a paper…
R. Pepper, S. Chasteen, S. Pollock, and K. Perkins, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 8 (1), 010111 (2012).
We discuss common difficulties in upper-division electricity and magnetism (E&M) in the areas of Gauss’s law, vector calculus, and electric potential using both quantitative and…