Categorization of first-year university students’ interpretations of numerical linear distance-time graphs

We have investigated the various approaches taken by first-year university students (n≈550) when asked to determine the direction of motion, the constancy of speed, and a numerical value of the speed of an object at a point on a numerical linear distance-time graph. We investigated the prevalence of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thomas Wemyss, Paul van Kampen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2013-02-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.9.010107