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Direct linkMason, Andrew; Singh, Chandralekha – Physics Education, 2016
The ability to categorize problems based upon underlying principles, rather than contexts, is considered a hallmark of expertise in physics problem solving. With inspiration from a classic study by Chi, Feltovich, and Glaser, we compared the categorization of 25 introductory mechanics problems based upon similarity of solution by students in large…
Descriptors: Physics, Introductory Courses, Science Process Skills, Classification
