Phenomenographic study of students’ problem solving approaches in physics

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 colle...

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Main Authors: Laura N. Walsh, Robert G. Howard, Brian Bowe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2007-12-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.020108