Phenomenographic study of students' problem solving approaches in physics

Laura N. Walsh; Robert G. Howard; Brian Bowe

doi:10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.020108

Phenomenographic study of students' problem solving approaches in physics

Laura N. Walsh, Robert G. Howard, Brian Bowe

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This paper describes ongoing research investigating student approaches to quantitative and qualitative problem solving in physics. This empirical study was conducted using a phenomenographic approach to analyze data from individual semistructured problem solving interviews with 22 introductory college physics students. The main result of the study is a hierarchical set of categories that describe the students' problem solving approaches in the context of introductory physics.

Original language	English
Article number	020108
Journal	Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.020108
Publication status	Published - 12 Dec 2007

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