Investigating student ability to follow reasoning chains: The role of conceptual understanding
In this paper, we seek to evaluate the extent to which students can follow a deductive reasoning chain when it is presented to them. A great deal of instruction in introductory physics courses is centered on presenting students with a logical argument that starts from first principles and systematic...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2023-04-01
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Series: | Physical Review Physics Education Research |
Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.19.010128 |