An investigation into student understanding of longitudinal standing waves

This study investigates the difficulties that introductory university physics students have with the concept of longitudinal standing waves in the context of standing waves in pipes. My goal is to identify difficulties that persist even after standard instruction on longitudinal standing waves and a...

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Main Author: Dostal, Jack Alan
Language:en
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2009/dostal/DostalJ0509.pdf