Exploring student difficulties with pressure in a fluid

Goszewski, Matthew; Moyer, Adam; Bazan, Zachary; Wagner, Doris J.

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Exploring student difficulties with pressure in a fluid

written by Matthew Goszewski, Adam Moyer, Zachary Bazan, and Doris J. Wagner

Our research group is developing a standardized fluids assessment, covering buoyancy and pressure. Much of the prior research of student difficulties with pressure involves young children. Many of the questions on the beta-version of the assessment used this past year were designed to test the prevalence of those difficulties in college students. In this paper we will describe several pressure-related assessment questions, the misconceptions they probe, and the preliminary results from the beta version of the assessment.

Physics Education Research Conference 2012
Part of the PER Conference series
Philadelphia, PA: August 1-2, 2012
Volume 1513, Pages 154-157

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Education - Basic Research - Alternative Conceptions - Assessment = Conceptual Assessment = Instruments Fluid Mechanics - Statics of Fluids	- Lower Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=12797">Goszewski, M, A. Moyer, Z. Bazan, and D. Wagner. "Exploring student difficulties with pressure in a fluid." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA, August 1-2, 2012.</a>

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Goszewski, M., Moyer, A., Bazan, Z., & Wagner, D. (2012, August 1-2). Exploring student difficulties with pressure in a fluid. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved March 26, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12797&DocID=3333

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Goszewski, M, A. Moyer, Z. Bazan, and D. Wagner. "Exploring student difficulties with pressure in a fluid." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA, August 1-2, 2012. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12797&DocID=3333 (accessed 26 March 2025).

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Goszewski, Matthew, Adam Moyer, Zachary Bazan, and Doris J. Wagner. "Exploring student difficulties with pressure in a fluid." Physics Education Research Conference 2012. Philadelphia, PA: 2012. 154-157 Vol. 1513 of PER Conference. 26 Mar. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12797&DocID=3333>.

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