Do students use and understand free-body diagrams?
Physics education literature recommends using multiple representations to help students understand concepts and solve problems. However, there is little research concerning why students use the representations and whether those who use them are more successful. This study addresses these questions u...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2009-06-01
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Series: | Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research |
Online Access: | http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.010108 |