The Vocabulary of Introductory Physics and Its Implications for Learning Physics
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The Vocabulary of Introductory Physics and Its Implications for Learning Physics Salomon F. Itza-Ortiz, N. Sanjay Rebello and Dean Zollman Kansas State University, Department of Physics, Physics Education Research Group, Manhattan KS, 66506 and Manuel Rodriguez-Achach Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Fac. de Ingenieria, Ave. Industrias nocontaminantes, A.P. 150 Cordemex, Yucatan, Mexico, C.P. 97310 Abstract: We investigate students’ use of words in everyday language as well as in physics We find students are more likely to identify and explain the meaning of the word as it is used in physics when they have become familiar with the parameters involved in the physics concept.
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