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| Abstract Title: | Students’ writing reflects varied solution schemata on homework problems in upper division physics courses |
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| Abstract: | The Mathematization project investigates students' use of mathematical tools across the undergraduate physics curriculum. As a part of this project, we examine how upper division Mechanics and Electromagnetism students use mathematical tools in their homework problems. To find the evidences for use of mathematical tools we code student's written solutions using the modified version of the ACER framework. Then, using the Social Network Analysis, we compare network patterns across students and problems between both classes as well as generalize network patterns across problem statements. In this poster, we present preliminary findings of this ongoing project to find characteristic patterns in Mechanics and Electromagnetism. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Nandana Weliweriya Kansas State University Department of Physics, 116 Cardwell Hall, 1228 N 17th St Manhattan, KS 66506 Phone: 7853173292 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Justyna P. Zwolak, STEM Transformation Institute, Florida International University Eleanor C. Sayre, Department of Physics, Kansas State University Dean Zollman, Department of Physics, Kansas State University |
