Studies show that students, within the context of mathematics and science, have difficulties understanding the concepts of the derivative as the slope and the concept of the antiderivative as the area under the curve. In this article, we present the Test of Understanding Graphs in Calculus (TUG-C...
Dominguez, A.
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Barniol, P.
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Zavala, G.
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[Test of Understanding Graphs in Calculus: Test of Students’ Interpretation of Calculus Graphs]
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Test of Understanding Graphs in Calculus: Test of Students’ Interpretation of Calculus Graphs
We describe a study on the conceptual difficulties faced by college students in understanding hydrodynamics of ideal fluids. This study was based on responses obtained in hundreds of written exams complemented with several oral interviews, which were held with first-year engineering and science u...
Suarez, A.
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Kahan, S.
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Zavala, G.
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Marti, A.C.
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[Students' conceptual difficulties in hydrodynamics]
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Students' conceptual difficulties in hydrodynamics
Las relaciones entre trabajo y energía continúan siendo fuentes de problemas de enseñanza/aprendizaje en los cursos introductorios de física a nivel universitario, ya que implican conceptos abstractos y habilidades de metodología científica. Teniendo en cuenta los estudios anteriores en la litera...
Relations between work and energy are still a source of teaching-learning problems in the first years of university introductory physics courses since they involve abstract concepts and skills of scientific methodology. Considering the previous studies in the literature, the main objective of thi...
Gutierrez-Berraondo, J.
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Zuza, K.
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Zavala, G.
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Guisasola, J.
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[University students' ideas on the relations between work and energy in Mechanics in introductory Physics courses]
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[Ideas de los estudiantes universitarios sobre las relaciones trabajo y energía en Mecánica en cursos introductorios de Física]
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Ideas de los estudiantes universitarios sobre las relaciones trabajo y energía en Mecánica en cursos introductorios de Física
The Mechanical Waves Conceptual Survey (MWCS), presented in 2009, is the most important test to date that has been designed to evaluate university students' understanding of four main topics: propagation, superposition, reflection, and standing waves. In a literature review, we detected a signifi...
Barniol, P.
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Zavala, G.
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[The mechanical waves conceptual survey: An analysis of university students' performance, and recommendations for instruction]
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The mechanical waves conceptual survey: An analysis of university students' performance, and recommendations for instruction
La prueba The Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism (CSEM) ha sido ampliamente utilizada en el área de la educación de la física. Sin embargo, hasta la fecha no existe un estudio que presente el test en su versión en español. Este artículo tiene tres objetivos generales: 1) presentar el ...
The Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism (CSEM) has been widely used in the field of physics education. However, to date, no study presents a version of the test in Spanish. This article has three general objectives: 1) to present the CSEM in Spanish and analyze its reliability and disc...
Barniol, P.
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Campos, E.
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Zavala, G.
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[The Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism: Reliability analysis and study of most frequent difficulties]
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[La prueba conceptual de electricidad y magnetismo: Análisis de confiabilidad y estudio de las dificultades más frecuentes]
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La prueba conceptual de electricidad y magnetismo: Análisis de confiabilidad y estudio de las dificultades más frecuentes