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Wemyss, Thomas; van Kampen, Paul – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2013
We have investigated the various approaches taken by first-year university students (n[image omitted]550) when asked to determine the direction of motion, the constancy of speed, and a numerical value of the speed of an object at a point on a numerical linear distance-time graph. We investigated the prevalence of various well-known general…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Physics, College Science, Graphs
Fisher, Mark A. – 1992
A model of graph comprehension is proposed including perceptual and memory processes. Multidimensional scaling (MDS), cluster analysis, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to determine how college students with different mathematical experience read different types of bar graphs. Data were collected at the University of Oklahoma (Norman)…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Classification, Cluster Analysis, College Students