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Interviews with Upper-Level Undergraduates about Representations of Electromagnetic Plane Waves
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Andrew J. Berger
A robust grasp of electromagnetic (EM) plane waves is helpful for studying advanced Optics topics such as reflection, interference, and the wavelength dependence of refractive index. Although there have been many studies of students' understanding of waves, only a small fraction have been dedicated to plane waves, which are particularly challenging both conceptually and mathematically. In this study, nine upper-level science/engineering majors were prompted to explain how a provided mathematical representation of an EM plane wave dictated something conceptually planar. An unexpected initial finding is that students' initial responses always went outside the realm of the prompt: they either focused on aspects of the mathematics that were unrelated to planes, or they relied upon outside information to make the connection to planes. This revealed difficulty in blending the conceptual and mathematical representations.
Physics Education Research Conference 2015
Part of the PER Conference series College Park, MD: July 29-30, 2015 Pages 63-66
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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=13836">Berger, Andrew. "Interviews with Upper-Level Undergraduates about Representations of Electromagnetic Plane Waves." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, July 29-30, 2015.</a>
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A. Berger, Interviews with Upper-Level Undergraduates about Representations of Electromagnetic Plane Waves, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, 2015, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13836&DocID=4254>.
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Berger, A. (2015, July 29-30). Interviews with Upper-Level Undergraduates about Representations of Electromagnetic Plane Waves. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD. Retrieved January 20, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13836&DocID=4254
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Berger, Andrew. "Interviews with Upper-Level Undergraduates about Representations of Electromagnetic Plane Waves." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, July 29-30, 2015. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13836&DocID=4254 (accessed 20 January 2025).
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Berger, Andrew. "Interviews with Upper-Level Undergraduates about Representations of Electromagnetic Plane Waves." Physics Education Research Conference 2015. College Park, MD: 2015. 63-66 of PER Conference. 20 Jan. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13836&DocID=4254>.
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Title = {Interviews with Upper-Level Undergraduates about Representations of Electromagnetic Plane Waves},
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Pages = {63-66},
Address = {College Park, MD},
Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {July 29-30},
Year = {2015}
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