Graphing Skills among High School Physics Students

Examines the influence of two factors of the process of graphing on rural students' (n=93) ability to comprehend kinematics graphs on constant velocity events. Students exhibited difficulty in constructing and comprehending graphs of derived variables and were unaware of their own graphing skil...

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Published in:School science and mathematics 1993, Vol.93 (2), p.62
Main Authors: Brasell, Heather M, Rowe, Mary Budd
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognitive Processes
Cognitive Structures
Computer Assisted Instruction
Graphing (Mathematics)
Graphs
High School Students
High Schools
Kinematics
Mathematics Skills
Microcomputers
Motion
Physics
Representations (Mathematics)
Rural Schools
Science Activities
Science Education
Science Instruction
Scientific Literacy
Secondary Education
Student Attitudes
Velocity
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Summary:Examines the influence of two factors of the process of graphing on rural students' (n=93) ability to comprehend kinematics graphs on constant velocity events. Students exhibited difficulty in constructing and comprehending graphs of derived variables and were unaware of their own graphing skills deficiencies. (34 references) (MDH)
ISSN:0036-6803