Representing energy. II. Energy tracking representations

The Energy Project at Seattle Pacific University has developed representations that embody the substance metaphor and support learners in conserving and tracking energy as it flows from object to object and changes form. Such representations enable detailed modeling of energy dynamics in complex phy...

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Main Authors: Rachel E. Scherr, Hunter G. Close, Eleanor W. Close, Stamatis Vokos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2012-10-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.8.020115