Student understanding of rotational and rolling motion concepts

We investigated the common difficulties that students have with concepts related to rotational and rolling motion covered in the introductory physics courses. We compared the performance of calculus- and algebra-based introductory physics students with physics juniors who had learned rotational and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lorenzo G. Rimoldini, Chandralekha Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2005-10-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.1.010102