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Gifford, Julian D.; Finkelstein, Noah D. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
This paper extends prior work establishing an operationalized framework of mathematical sense making (MSM) in physics. The framework differentiates between the object being understood (either physical or mathematical) and various tools (physical or mathematical) used to mediate the sense-making process. This results in four modes of MSM that can…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Multiple Choice Tests, Correlation, Problem Solving