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Li, Tiandong; Zhu, Ruotong; Jin, Huilin; Yang, Hongchun; Wu, Minghe; Teng, Baohua – Physics Teacher, 2021
At the undergraduate level, the composite motion of simple harmonic vibrations has always been the main content of physics as well as several other scientific disciplines. Many textbooks tell us clearly that when the frequency ratio [omega][subscript 1]/[omega][subscript 2] of two perpendicular vibrations is simple integer ratio n[subscript…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Motion, College Science
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Ruiz, Michael J. – Physics Education, 2021
A spreadsheet plotting assignment of real-life data from a racecar is employed to help students master the relationships among speed, acceleration, and distance. The racecar application will capture the imagination and interest of the student. The data is obtained by reading speedometer values from a YouTube video for 40 s as a racecar accelerates…
Descriptors: Physics, Motion, Assignments, Spreadsheets
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Dean, Kevin – European Journal of Physics Education, 2018
The conical pendulum provides a rich source of theoretical and computational analysis and the present work presents a seamless continuation of the previous publication. The tension force F[subscript T] and centripetal force F[subscript C] are explored further in linearization analyses and the appropriate slopes are explained. A similar analysis is…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Motion, Scientific Concepts
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Dean, Kevin – European Journal of Physics Education, 2017
This paper represents a continuation of the theoretical and computational work from an earlier publication, with the present calculations using exactly the same physical values for the lengths L (0.435 m - 2.130 m) for the conical pendulum, mass m = 0.1111 kg, and with the local value of the acceleration due to gravity g = 9.789 ms[superscript…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Graphs, Equations (Mathematics)
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Wee, Loo Kang; Lee, Tat Leong; Chew, Charles; Wong, Darren; Tan, Samuel – Physics Education, 2015
This paper reports a computer model simulation created using Easy Java Simulation (EJS) for learners to visualize how the steady-state amplitude of a driven oscillating system varies with the frequency of the periodic driving force. The simulation shows (N = 100) identical spring-mass systems being subjected to (1) a periodic driving force of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation, Physics, Motion
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Ferrara, Francesca – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2014
This paper aims to contribute to discussions on the multimodal nature of cognition through an elaboration of the ways multimodal aspects of thinking are exploited by learners doing mathematics. Moving beyond the fact "that" multimodality occurs, this paper focuses on "how" it occurs, with particular attention drawn to the…
Descriptors: Mathematics, Learning Modalities, Cognitive Processes, Thinking Skills
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Hsu, Tung – Physics Teacher, 2014
A vehicle starts from rest at constant acceleration, then cruises at constant speed for a time. Next, it decelerates at a constant rate.… This and similar statements are common in elementary physics courses. Students are asked to graph the motion of the vehicle or find the velocity, acceleration, and distance traveled by the vehicle from a given…
Descriptors: Kinetics, Motion, Physics, Science Experiments
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Anastopoulou, Stamatina; Sharples, Mike; Baber, Chris – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2011
This paper explores the value of employing multiple modalities to facilitate science learning with technology. In particular, it is argued that when multiple modalities are employed, learners construct strong relations between physical movement and visual representations of motion. Body interactions with visual representations, enabled by…
Descriptors: Graphs, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Visualization
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Eshach, Haim – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2010
One essential skill that students who learn physics should possess is the ability to create and interpret kinematic graphs. However, it is well documented in the literature that students show lack of competence in these abilities. They have problems in connecting graphs and physics concepts, as well as graphs and the real world. The present paper…
Descriptors: Graphs, Motion, Physics, Science Instruction
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Struck, William; Yerrick, Randy – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2010
The effects of two types of two well-established microcomputer-based teaching methods were examined for their effect on teaching high school students kinetics. The use of data acquisition probeware and digital video analysis were studied for their impact on students' conceptions and ability to interpret graphical relationships to real world…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Computer Uses in Education, Kinetics, Physics
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Bryan, J. A. – Physics Education, 2010
Inexpensive video analysis technology now enables students to make precise measurements of an object's position at incremental times during its motion. Such capability now allows users to "examine", rather than simply "assume", energy conservation in a variety of situations commonly discussed in introductory physics courses. This article describes…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Physics, Educational Technology, Science Instruction
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Stylianou, Despina A.; Smith, Beverly; Kaput, James J. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 2005
This article reports on results of an exploratory study on undergraduate pre-service teachers' understanding of graphical representations of motion functions. The study described pre-service teachers' explorations using a CBR device. Pre-service teachers' growth was studied in two dimensions: (a) in their learning of the mathematics involved and…
Descriptors: Motion, Misconceptions, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Botzer, Galit; Yerushalmy, Michal – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2006
This paper focuses on the cognitive processes that occur while students are exploring motion graphs. In a classroom experiment, we examine how high-school students (aged 17), with backgrounds in calculus and physics, interpret the graphs they create through drawing the path of the movement of their hand with a computer mouse. Based on recent, and…
Descriptors: Graphs, Physics, Motion, Cognitive Processes
Radford, Luis; Demers, Serge; Guzman, Jose; Cerulli, Michele – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
In this paper we report an analysis of a teaching sequence in which Grade 11 students were asked to produce some graphs corresponding to the relationship between time and distance of a cylinder moving up and down an inclined plane. The students were also asked to carry out the experience using a TI 83+ graphic calculator equipped with a sensor,…
Descriptors: Graphs, Calculators, Grade 11, Mathematics Instruction