Characterizing the epistemological development of physics majors

Students in introductory physics courses are likely to have views about physics that differ from those of experts. However, students who continue to study physics eventually become experts themselves. Presumably these students either possess or develop more expertlike views. To investigate this proc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elizabeth Gire, Barbara Jones, Edward Price
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2009-02-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.010103