Students’ context-sensitive use of conceptual resources: A pattern across different styles of question about mechanical waves

Resources theory assumes that resource activation is context sensitive, and that an important dimension of context is the question students are answering. The context sensitivity of resource activation has been demonstrated empirically by case studies that show students using different resources to...

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Main Authors: Lisa M. Goodhew, Amy D. Robertson, Paula R. L. Heron, Rachel E. Scherr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2021-05-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.010137