Teaching electric circuits with a focus on potential differences

[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Curriculum Development: Theory into Design.] Developing a solid understanding of simple electric circuits represents a major challenge to most students in middle school. In particular, students tend to reason exclusively with current and resistance wh...

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Main Authors: Jan-Philipp Burde, Thomas Wilhelm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-12-01
Series:Physical Review Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.16.020153