Context affects student thinking about sources of uncertainty in classical and quantum mechanics

Measurement uncertainty is an important topic in the undergraduate laboratory curriculum. Previous research on student thinking about experimental measurement uncertainty has focused primarily on introductory-level students’ procedural reasoning about data collection and interpretation. In this pape...

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Main Authors: Emily M. Stump, Matthew Dew, Gina Passante, N. G. Holmes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2023-11-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.19.020157