New insights into student understanding of electric circuits and analog electronics
DIPC Seminars
- Speaker
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MacKenzie R. Stetzer, University of Washington
- When
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2010/08/31
14:00 - Place
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC).Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, 4 (nearby the Facultad de Quimica), Donostia
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Insights into student understanding of electric circuits continue to emerge
from an ongoing investigation by the Physics Education Group at the University
of Washington. This work is part of a larger effort to develop and refine
research-based instructional materials on electric circuits for several
different student populations. The investigation has recently been extended
from introductory courses to an upper-division laboratory course on analog
electronics. We have been administering written questions on fundamental
electric circuits concepts and on canonical topics in analog electronics
(e.g., filters, diodes, transistors, and operational amplifiers). Specific
examples will be used to illustrate how the finding from this investigation
have implications for instruction in both introductory and upper-division
courses.