Using analogy to solve a three-step physics problem

Shih-Yin Lin; Chandralekha Singh

doi:10.1063/1.3515228

Using analogy to solve a three-step physics problem

Shih-Yin Lin, Chandralekha Singh

Department of Physics

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Abstract

In a companion paper, we discuss students' ability to take advantage of what they learn from a solved problem and transfer their learning to solve a quiz problem that has different surface features but the same underlying physics principles. Here, we discuss students' ability to perform analogical reasoning between another pair of problems. Both the problems can be solved using the same physics principles. However, the solved problem provided was a two-step problem (which can be solved by decomposing it into two sub-problems) while the quiz problem was a three-step problem. We find that it is challenging for students to extend what they learned from a two-step problem to solve a three-step problem.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2010 Physics Education Research Conference, PERC
Pages	29-32
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3515228
Publication status	Published - 2010 Dec 1
Event	2010 Physics Education Research Conference, PERC - Portland, OR, United States Duration: 2010 Jul 21 → 2010 Jul 22

Publication series

Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	1289
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Other

Other	2010 Physics Education Research Conference, PERC
Country	United States
City	Portland, OR
Period	10-07-21 → 10-07-22

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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Physics and Astronomy(all)

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Lin, S-Y., & Singh, C. (2010). Using analogy to solve a three-step physics problem. In 2010 Physics Education Research Conference, PERC (pp. 29-32). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1289). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3515228

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