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Research as a guide for curriculum development: An example from introductory electricity. Part I: Investigation of student understanding
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This is the first of two closely related articles that together describe how results from research can be used as a guide for curriculum development. This first article shows how the investigation of student understanding of electric circuits by the Physics Education Group has contributed to the building of a research base. The second article describes how the group has drawn on this resource both in developing a curriculum for laboratory-based instruction and in adapting this curriculum to fit the constraints of a traditional introductory course. Also discussed is how, in turn, development and implementation of the curriculum have enriched the research base.
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Metadata
- Authors
- McDermott, L. C., & Shaffer, P. S.
- Venue
- American Journal of Physics
- Published
- 1992-11-01
- Volume
- 60
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 994-1003
- ISSN
- 0002-9505 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-2909
- OpenAlex
- W2038917320
- Cited by
- 560
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 14.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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