Noah Podolefsky, 2008 ▬ Analogical scaffolding: making meaning in physics through representation and analogy

May 1, 2008

( Link ) This work reviews the literature on analogy, introduces a new model of analogy, and presents a series of experiments that test and confirm the utility of this model to describe and predict student learning in physics with analogy. Pilot studies demonstrate that representations (e.g., diagrams) can play...

Wendy Adams, 2007 ▬ Development of a problem solving evaluation Instrument; untangling of specific problem solving skills

May 1, 2007

(Links: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ) The purpose of my research was to produce a problem solving evaluation tool for physics. To do this it was necessary to gain a thorough understanding of how students solve problems. Although physics educators highly value problem...

Pat Kohl, 2007 ▬ Towards an understanding of student use of representations in physics problem solving

May 1, 2007

( Link ) Skill with different representations and multiple representations is highly valued in physics, and prior work has shown that novice physics students can struggle with the representations typically used in solving physics problems. There exists work in PER examining student use of representations and multiple representations, but there...

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