Students' Models of Newton's Second Law in Mechanics and Electromagnetism

Details Students' Models of Newton's Second Law in Mechanics and Electromagnetism Students' Models of Newton's Second Law in Mechanics and Electromagnetism

2003-08-28

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0308109v1

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Physics Education

15 pages, 3 figues and 4 tables

Scientific paper

10.1088/0143-0807/25/1/011

We investigated students' use of Newton's second law in mechanics and electromagnetism contexts by interviewing students in a two-semester calculus-based physics course. We observed that students' responses are consistent with three mental models. These models appeard in mechanics contexts and were transferred to electromagnetism contexts. We developed an inventory to help instructors identify these models and direct students towards the correct one.

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