Teaching electric circuits with multiple batteries: A qualitative approach

We have investigated preservice science teachers’ qualitative understanding of circuits consisting of multiple batteries in single and multiple loops using a pretest and post-test method and classroom observations. We found that most students were unable to explain the effects of adding batteries in...

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Main Authors: David P. Smith, Paul van Kampen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2011-11-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.7.020115

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