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Direct linkBarniol, Pablo; Zavala, Genaro – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
In this article we discuss the findings of our research on students' understanding of vector concepts in problems without physical context. First, we develop a complete taxonomy of the most frequent errors made by university students when learning vector concepts. This study is based on the results of several test administrations of open-ended…
Descriptors: Multiple Choice Tests, Geometric Concepts, Algebra, Psychometrics
