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| Abstract Title: | Students’ understanding of the magnetic force exerted on a charged particle |
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| Abstract: | Undergraduate engineering students' conceptual understanding of the magnetic force exerted on a charged particle was evaluated. An open questionnaire was answered by students at three levels, before, while, and after taking an electricity and magnetism course. The problems presented two situations of a charge near a magnet and asked students to determine whether there was a force exerted on the particle. Different alternate conceptions were found, including charge attribution to the magnet poles and mechanics-related arguments. This was not a linear study; however, participants were engineering students with several majors in the three groups. It was interesting to note that most students had alternate conceptions before taking the course, less of them while taking the course and then back to most of them after taking the course. These results can be seen as trends of how undergraduate engineering students' conceptual understanding of the magnetic force may behave in time. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Oscar Sanchez-Mata Tecnologico de Monterrey Garza Sada 2501 Monterrey, Non U.S. 64849 Phone: 8183582000 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Genaro Zavala Tecnologico de Monterrey |
