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Students’ Responses to Different Representations of a Vector Addition Question  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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J. Hawkins, J. Thompson, M. Wittmann, E. Sayre, and B. Frank
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J. Hawkins, J. Thompson, M. Wittmann, E. Sayre, and B. Frank, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 165-168.
We investigate if the visual representation of vectors can affect which methods students use to add them. We gave students one of four questions with different graphical…
https://www.compadre.org/portal/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10442&DocID=18...
Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE) of students’ understanding of vector subtraction  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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T. Wang and E. Sayre
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T. Wang and E. Sayre, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 329-332.
In this paper, we report on the impact that slight changes in question format have on student response to one-dimensional vector subtraction tasks. We use Maximum Likelihood…
https://www.compadre.org/portal/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10496&DocID=19...
Students’ Understanding of the Concepts of Vector Components and Vector Products  [ Conference Proceedings ]
  
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G. Zavala and P. Barniol
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G. Zavala and P. Barniol, PERC 2010 Proceedings, 341-344.
In this article we investigate students’ understanding of: 1) vector components and, 2) vector products. We administered a test to 409 students completing introductory physics…
https://www.compadre.org/portal/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10499&DocID=19...
Student Understanding of Cross Product Direction and Use of Right-Hand Rules: An Exploration of Representation and Context-Dependence  [ Thesis ]
  
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Students in introductory physics struggle with vector algebra and cross product direction (CPD). While research into student understanding of vector algebra notes…
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Physics Classroom: Resolution of Forces 
  
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This interactive tutorial explains how to resolve a force into force components. Numerous examples are combined with a simple language and informative graphics to provide students…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/vectors/U3L3b.cfm
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A research-based approach to improving student understanding of the vector nature of kinematical concepts 
  
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P. Shaffer and L. McDermott, Am. J. Phys., 73 (10), 921-931 (2005).
In this paper we describe a long-term, large-scale investigation of the ability of university students to treat velocity and acceleration as vectors in one and two dimensions. Some…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.2000976
Vector Addition with Integer Components  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Vector Addition with Integer Components model allows the user to split a vector into its components, and practice finding the magnitude and direction of a vector if you know the…
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Vector Addition Patterns Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The Vector Addition Patterns model illustrates the tail-to-tip method of adding vectors. The table at the bottom shows the components and lengths of the vectors. You can also rotate…
https://www.compadre.org/portal/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10011&DocID=16...
Maxima: A Computer Algebra System 
  
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Extracted from its web site: "Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and numerical expressions, including differentiation, integration, Taylor series, Laplace…
http://maxima.sourceforge.net/
The Physics Classroom: Vector Addition 
  
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This student tutorial provides practice in the basics of vector addition. The author provides free-body diagrams and animations to guide users through the Pythagorean method and the…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/vectors/U3L1b.cfm
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