Model-based reasoning in the physics laboratory: Framework and initial results

[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Upper Division Physics Courses.] We review and extend existing frameworks on modeling to develop a new framework that describes model-based reasoning in introductory and upper-division physics laboratories. Constructing and using models are core scien...

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Main Authors: Benjamin M. Zwickl, Dehui Hu, Noah Finkelstein, H. J. Lewandowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2015-09-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.11.020113