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Scaffolding students’ understanding of force in pulley systems
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Amy Rouinfar, Adrian M. Madsen, Tram Do Ngoc Hoang, Sadhana Puntambekar, and N. Sanjay Rebello
Recent research results have found that students using virtual manipulatives perform as well or better on measures of conceptual understanding than their peers who used physical equipment. We report on a study with students in a conceptual physics laboratory using either physical or virtual manipulatives to investigate forces in pulley systems. Written materials guided students through a sequence of activities designed to scaffold their understanding of force in pulley systems. The activity sequences facilitated students' sense making by requiring them to make and test predictions about various pulley systems by building and comparing different systems. We investigate the ways in which students discuss force while navigating the scaffolding activities and how these discussions compare between the physical and virtual treatments.
Physics Education Research Conference 2012
Part of the PER Conference series Philadelphia, PA: August 1-2, 2012 Volume 1513, Pages 354-357
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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=12851">Rouinfar, A, A. Madsen, T. Hoang, S. Puntambekar, and N. Rebello. "Scaffolding students’ understanding of force in pulley systems." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA, August 1-2, 2012.</a>
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A. Rouinfar, A. Madsen, T. Hoang, S. Puntambekar, and N. Rebello, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA, 2012, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12851&DocID=3383).
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A. Rouinfar, A. Madsen, T. Hoang, S. Puntambekar, and N. Rebello, Scaffolding students’ understanding of force in pulley systems, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA, 2012, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12851&DocID=3383>.
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Rouinfar, A., Madsen, A., Hoang, T., Puntambekar, S., & Rebello, N. (2012, August 1-2). Scaffolding students’ understanding of force in pulley systems. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA. Retrieved March 25, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12851&DocID=3383
Chicago Format
Rouinfar, A, A. Madsen, T. Hoang, S. Puntambekar, and N. Rebello. "Scaffolding students’ understanding of force in pulley systems." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2012, Philadelphia, PA, August 1-2, 2012. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12851&DocID=3383 (accessed 25 March 2025).
MLA Format
Rouinfar, Amy, Adrian Madsen, Tram Hoang, Sadhana Puntambekar, and N. Sanjay Rebello. "Scaffolding students’ understanding of force in pulley systems." Physics Education Research Conference 2012. Philadelphia, PA: 2012. 354-357 Vol. 1513 of PER Conference. 25 Mar. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12851&DocID=3383>.
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Author = "Amy Rouinfar and Adrian Madsen and Tram Hoang and Sadhana Puntambekar and N. Sanjay Rebello",
Title = {Scaffolding students’ understanding of force in pulley systems},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2012},
Pages = {354-357},
Address = {Philadelphia, PA},
Series = {PER Conference},
Volume = {1513},
Month = {August 1-2},
Year = {2012}
}
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%0 Conference Proceedings %A Rouinfar, Amy %A Madsen, Adrian %A Hoang, Tram %A Puntambekar, Sadhana %A Rebello, N. Sanjay %D August 1-2 2012 %T Scaffolding students' understanding of force in pulley systems %B Physics Education Research Conference 2012 %C Philadelphia, PA %V 1513 %P 354-357 %S PER Conference %8 August 1-2 %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12851&DocID=3383 Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
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