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A Summary of Students' Mental Models and Their Applications in Contexts Pertaining to Newton's II law
written by Salomon F. Itza-Ortiz and N. Sanjay Rebello
In this study, presented at the 2002 Physics Education Research Conference, authors describe their investigation of students' use of Newton's II law in mechanics and electricity and magnetism contexts. They interviewed 16 students in a two-semester calculus-based physics course and found students' answers are consistent with two principal mental models and a combination of these two. The authors also explore whether the students who use Newton's Second Law in mechanics contexts continue to do so in electricity and magnetism.
Physics Education Research Conference 2002
Part of the PER Conference series
Boise, Idaho: August 7-8, 2002
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Education - Basic Research
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© 2002 Salomon F. Itza-Ortiz and N. Sanjay Rebello
DOI:
10.1119/perc.2002.pr.007
NSF Number:
0087788
Keywords:
Newton's Second Law, PERC 2002, electricity, magnetism, mechanics, students' mental models
Record Creator:
Metadata instance created September 27, 2006 by Lyle Barbato
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February 16, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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S. Itza-Ortiz and N. Rebello, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2002, Boise, Idaho, 2002, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4335&DocID=1101).
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S. Itza-Ortiz and N. Rebello, A Summary of Students' Mental Models and Their Applications in Contexts Pertaining to Newton's II law, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2002, Boise, Idaho, 2002, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4335&DocID=1101>.
APA Format
Itza-Ortiz, S., & Rebello, N. (2002, August 7-8). A Summary of Students' Mental Models and Their Applications in Contexts Pertaining to Newton's II law. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2002, Boise, Idaho. Retrieved October 11, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4335&DocID=1101
Chicago Format
Itza-Ortiz, Salomon F., and N. Sanjay Rebello. "A Summary of Students' Mental Models and Their Applications in Contexts Pertaining to Newton's II law." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2002, Boise, Idaho, August 7-8, 2002. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4335&DocID=1101 (accessed 11 October 2024).
MLA Format
Itza-Ortiz, Salomon F., and N. Sanjay Rebello. "A Summary of Students' Mental Models and Their Applications in Contexts Pertaining to Newton's II law." Physics Education Research Conference 2002. Boise, Idaho: 2002. of PER Conference. 11 Oct. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=4335&DocID=1101>.
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