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Testing undergraduate interpretation of kinematics graphs  

Kim, Tae-Sun (North Carolina State University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.26, no.1, 2006 , pp. 49-57 More about this Journal
Abstract
Line graphs are powerful tools in conveying complicated relationships and ideas because they show the relationship that exists between two continuous variables. Also, they can show readers the variations in variables and correlate two variables in a two dimensional space, and therefore, line graphs have a significant role in physics, especially kinematics. One of the purposes of the Test of Understanding Graphs in Kinematics (TUG-K) was to uncover student problems with interpreting kinematics. The TUG-K was given to Korean college students in 2004. To what extent are Korean college students able to understand such important line graphs? Analysis of the results of the TUG-K showed in which objectives students' strengths and weaknesses are found. This study investigates Korean college students' interpretation skills of kinematics graphs and the results of the study will be used to help instructors teach kinematics graphs more effectively.
Keywords
kinematics graphs; korean undergraduate student; graphing interpretation;
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