Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aas...20920914f&link_type=abstract
2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #209.14; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society,
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
In an ongoing study, we are analyzing students’ conceptual resources for understanding motion. Previous work used results of surveys, written questions, and interviews to infer the nature of students’ ideas. Video of students working together in tutorial groups now allows us to access the details of their reasoning as they express themselves to their peers. We present examples of students in the algebra-based introductory physics course at the University of Maryland analyzing segments of ticker tape to develop an understanding of constant, instantaneous, and average speeds. The most commonly observed resources involve direct and indirect relationships among speed, distance, and time. Various constructions of ideas built from these resources led to both correct and incorrect accounts of the physical phenomena. We characterize the nature of these various constructions based on a model of student thinking as arising from the activation of conceptual resources, analyze shifts in student reasoning, and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the resources model in accounting for student performance.
Frank Brian W.
Scherr Rachel E.
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