The Vocabulary of Introductory Physics and its Implications for Learning Physics

Abstract

We investigate studnets' use of words used in everyday language as well as in physics. We find students are more likely to identify and explain the meaning of the word as it is used in physics when they have become familiar with the associated physical variables.

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