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Student Understanding of Taylor Series Expansions in Statistical Mechanics
Trevor I. Smith, John R. Thompson, Donald B. Mountcastle
One goal of physics instruction is to have students learn to make physical meaning of specific mathematical ideas, concepts, and procedures in different physical settings. As part…
physics.ed-ph2011★ 1 cited
Probing Student Understanding With Alternative Questioning Strategies
Jeffrey M. Hawkins, Brian W. Frank, John R. Thompson +2
Common research tasks ask students to identify a correct answer and justify their answer choice. We propose expanding the array of research tasks to access different knowledge that…