Students’ understanding of non-inertial frames of reference
The concepts of the Coriolis and the centrifugal force are essential in various scientific fields and they are standard components of introductory physics lectures. In this paper, we explore how students understand and apply concepts of rotating frames of reference in the context of an example lectu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2020-03-01
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| Series: | Physical Review Physics Education Research |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.010112 |