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Physics Learning with a Computer Algebra System: Towards a Learning Environment That Promotes Enhanced Problem Representations.

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Savelsbergh, Elwin R.; Ferguson-Hessler, Monica G. M.; de Jong, Ton – 1998

An approach to teaching problem-solving based on using the computer software Mathematica is applied to the study of electrostatics and is compared with the normal approach to the module. Learning outcomes for both approaches were not significantly different. The experimental course successfully addressed a number of misconceptions. Students in the…

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