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| Abstract Title: | Student cognitive resources for understanding pressure in fluids |
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| Abstract: | We present examples of life science students' use of cognitive resources to reason about pressure in fluids on two complex conceptual tasks: comparing pressure for two different gases and lack of motion in a two straw system. To help us analyze student talk, we propose indicators of in-the-moment productivity. These indicators can also be used by instructors as they guide students in the classroom, as an alternative to looking simply for correctness of student answers. |
| Abstract Type: | Symposium Poster |
| Parallel Session: | Identifying Conceptual Resources for Understanding Physics |
| Session Time: | Parallel Sessions Cluster II |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Daniel E. Young University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Dawn Meredith, University of New Hampshire |
