Drawing and using free body diagrams: Why it may be better not to decompose forces
In this study we investigated how two different approaches to drawing free body diagrams influence the development of students’ understanding of Newton’s laws, including their ability to identify real forces. For this purpose we developed a 12-item two-tier multiple choice survey and conducted a qua...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.11.020137 |