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| Abstract Title: | Student Understanding of Vector Products |
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| Abstract: | As part of a large study of how student ideas change in response to instruction, we collect student test data frequently throughout a course, allowing for the measurement of the time-evolution of student knowledge. Some student ideas peak and decay rapidly during a quarter, while others change more slowly. In this poster, we focus on foundational vector manipulation skills in introductory physics. There appears to be a difference between low and high performing students on when they learn the material, how much they learn, and how much they forget. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Eleanor Sayre Wabash College |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Andrew Heckler, Ohio State University. Thomas Scaife, Ohio State University |
