Effect of instructional environment on physics students’ representational skills

In a recent study we showed that physics students’ problem-solving performance can depend strongly on problem representation, and that giving students a choice of problem representation can have a significant impact on their performance [ P. B. Kohl and N. D. Finklestein, Phys. Rev. ST. Phys. Educ....

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Main Authors: Noah D. Finkelstein, Patrick B. Kohl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2006-01-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
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Online Access:http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRSTPER/v2/e010102