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Student Ideas around Vector Decomposition in the Upper Division
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Anna Turnbull, Leanne Doughty, Vashti Sawtelle, and Marcos D. Caballero
Vector decomposition is a skill required across physics contexts and levels. In this paper, we present our analysis of 463 student responses to an item on the Colorado Classical Mechanics/Math Methods Instrument that assesses student proficiency with vector decomposition in multiple coordinate systems. We offer separate categorizations for students' final expressions and their approaches to determining those expressions. The intersection between approaches and final expressions suggests that certain approaches are more productive. We discuss these intersections and the differences between students' responses in Cartesian and polar coordinate systems.
Physics Education Research Conference 2015
Part of the PER Conference series College Park, MD: July 29-30, 2015 Pages 335-338
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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=13902">Turnbull, A, L. Doughty, V. Sawtelle, and M. Caballero. "Student Ideas around Vector Decomposition in the Upper Division." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, July 29-30, 2015.</a>
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A. Turnbull, L. Doughty, V. Sawtelle, and M. Caballero, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, 2015, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13902&DocID=4320).
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A. Turnbull, L. Doughty, V. Sawtelle, and M. Caballero, Student Ideas around Vector Decomposition in the Upper Division, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2015, College Park, MD, 2015, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13902&DocID=4320>.
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Turnbull, A., Doughty, L., Sawtelle, V., & Caballero, M. (2015, July 29-30). Student Ideas around Vector Decomposition in the Upper Division. 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=13902&DocID=4320
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Turnbull, A, L. Doughty, V. Sawtelle, and M. Caballero. "Student Ideas around Vector Decomposition in the Upper Division." 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=13902&DocID=4320 (accessed 20 January 2025).
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Turnbull, Anna, Leanne Doughty, Vashti Sawtelle, and Marcos D. Caballero. "Student Ideas around Vector Decomposition in the Upper Division." Physics Education Research Conference 2015. College Park, MD: 2015. 335-338 of PER Conference. 20 Jan. 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13902&DocID=4320>.
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Author = "Anna Turnbull and Leanne Doughty and Vashti Sawtelle and Marcos D. Caballero",
Title = {Student Ideas around Vector Decomposition in the Upper Division},
BookTitle = {Physics Education Research Conference 2015},
Pages = {335-338},
Address = {College Park, MD},
Series = {PER Conference},
Month = {July 29-30},
Year = {2015}
}
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