Exploring one aspect of pedagogical content knowledge of teaching assistants using the test of understanding graphs in kinematics

The Test of Understanding Graphs in Kinematics (TUG-K) is a multiple-choice test developed by Beichner in 1994 to assess students’ understanding of kinematics graphs. Many of the items on the TUG-K have strong distractor choices which correspond to students’ common difficulties with kinematics graph...

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Main Authors: Alexandru Maries, Chandralekha Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2013-11-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.9.020120