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Students' use of symmetry as a tool for sensemaking
Symmetry is a particularly important sensemaking tool in physics; physicists use symmetry for everything from classifying crystalline solids to deriving the foundational laws of physics. In addition, symmetry is embedded in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) crosscutting concepts (CCCs). In this research, we explore how students use symmetry in ways that are consistent with how physicists use symmetry. We present 5 cases of students engaged in an NGSS-aligned lesson on creating models of magnetism. In each case, we highlight one of the ways that we have found students using symmetry as a sensemaking tool: to describe, classify, predict, explain, and solve problems. These results contribute to conversations on how students learn to "think like a physicist" and how students engage in the NGSS crosscutting concepts and science and engineering practices (SEPs).
Physics Education Research Conference 2023
Part of the PER Conference series Sacramento, CA: July 19-20, 2023 Pages 403-408
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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=16617">Young, T, L. Barth-Cohen, and S. Braden. "Students' use of symmetry as a tool for sensemaking." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA, July 19-20, 2023.</a>
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T. Young, L. Barth-Cohen, and S. Braden, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA, 2023, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16617&DocID=5797).
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T. Young, L. Barth-Cohen, and S. Braden, Students' use of symmetry as a tool for sensemaking, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA, 2023, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16617&DocID=5797>.
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Young, T., Barth-Cohen, L., & Braden, S. (2023, July 19-20). Students' use of symmetry as a tool for sensemaking. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA. Retrieved June 16, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16617&DocID=5797
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Young, T, L. Barth-Cohen, and S. Braden. "Students' use of symmetry as a tool for sensemaking." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2023, Sacramento, CA, July 19-20, 2023. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16617&DocID=5797 (accessed 16 June 2025).
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Young, Tamara G., Lauren A. Barth-Cohen, and Sarah K. Braden. "Students' use of symmetry as a tool for sensemaking." Physics Education Research Conference 2023. Sacramento, CA: 2023. 403-408 of PER Conference. 16 June 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=16617&DocID=5797>.
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Month = {July 19-20},
Year = {2023}
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