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Johnson-Glauch, Nicole; Choi, Dong San; Herman, Geoffrey – Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
Background: Engineering students commonly learn domain knowledge by engaging with visual representations of it. However, at times they have trouble accessing information from these representations due to the way information is encoded in features of the representation. Purpose: To describe how students engage with representation features, we…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Students, Problem Solving, Knowledge Level
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Bollen, Laurens; van Kampen, Paul; Baily, Charles; Kelly, Mossy; De Cock, Mieke – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
The ability to switch between various representations is an invaluable problem-solving skill in physics. In addition, research has shown that using multiple representations can greatly enhance a person's understanding of mathematical and physical concepts. This paper describes a study of student difficulties regarding interpreting, constructing,…
Descriptors: Symbols (Mathematics), Computer Graphics, Knowledge Representation, Problem Solving