The Prevalence of Selected Buoyancy Alternate Conceptions at Two Colleges

Wagner, Doris J.; Shaffer, Peter S.

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The Prevalence of Selected Buoyancy Alternate Conceptions at Two Colleges

written by Doris J. Wagner and Peter S. Shaffer

Review of prior studies, mostly at the K-12 level, along with long-answer responses and interviews given to undergraduates at Grove City College, have identified over 150 alternate conceptions about buoyancy. In order to probe how prevalent some of these are in the college-age population, we designed and administered multiple-choice and free-response questions to students at both the University of Washington and Grove City College. This paper presents some of those results.

Physics Education Research Conference 2017
Part of the PER Conference series
Cincinnati, OH: July 26-27, 2017
Pages 416-419

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

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DOI:: 10.1119/perc.2017.pr.099
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