Alternative Mental Models of Second-Year Engineering Students for Coulomb’s Law and the Electric Field

Alternative Mental Models of Second-Year Engineering Students for Coulomb’s Law and the Electric Field

The objective of the present study is to identify the mental models applied by students using Coulomb's law and the electric field concept to interpret electrostatic phenomena at the beginning of a second-year engineering course. Results indicate that most students do not correctly apply th...

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Autors principals: Bohigas, Xavier, Periago, María Cristina
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Publicat: REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2010
Accés en línia:https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/241
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spelling redie-article-2412017-04-19T01:05:25Z Alternative Mental Models of Second-Year Engineering Students for Coulomb’s Law and the Electric Field Modelos mentales alternativos de los alumnos de segundo curso de Ingeniería sobre la Ley de Coulomb y el Campo Eléctrico Bohigas, Xavier Periago, María Cristina Mental models alternative conceptions engineering education. Modelos mentales ideas previas formación de ingenieros. The objective of the present study is to identify the mental models applied by students using Coulomb's law and the electric field concept to interpret electrostatic phenomena at the beginning of a second-year engineering course. Results indicate that most students do not correctly apply the symmetry of Coulomb's law. Although they have a coherent mental model, their version is not consistent with that which is scientifically accepted, and they confuse the concept of the electric field with the force between charges. El presente estudio tiene como objetivo identificar los modelos mentales que aplican los estudiantes al iniciar el segundo curso de ingeniería cuando utilizan la Ley de Coulomb y el concepto de campo eléctrico para interpretar fenómenos electrostáticos. Los resultados obtenidos indican que la mayoría de los estudiantes no aplica correctamente la simetría de la Ley de Coulomb. En general, el modelo mental de los estudiantes es coherente, pero no se ajusta al modelo aceptado científicamente. El modelo mental del estudiante confunde el concepto de campo eléctrico con el de fuerza entre cargas. REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2010-05-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text/html application/pdf https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/241 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 12 No. 1 (2010) Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 12 Núm. 1 (2010) 1607-4041 spa https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/241/737 https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/241/401 Derechos de autor 2019 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa
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author Bohigas, Xavier
Periago, María Cristina
spellingShingle Bohigas, Xavier
Periago, María Cristina
Alternative Mental Models of Second-Year Engineering Students for Coulomb’s Law and the Electric Field
author_facet Bohigas, Xavier
Periago, María Cristina
author_sort Bohigas, Xavier
title Alternative Mental Models of Second-Year Engineering Students for Coulomb’s Law and the Electric Field
title_short Alternative Mental Models of Second-Year Engineering Students for Coulomb’s Law and the Electric Field
title_full Alternative Mental Models of Second-Year Engineering Students for Coulomb’s Law and the Electric Field
title_fullStr Alternative Mental Models of Second-Year Engineering Students for Coulomb’s Law and the Electric Field
title_full_unstemmed Alternative Mental Models of Second-Year Engineering Students for Coulomb’s Law and the Electric Field
title_sort alternative mental models of second-year engineering students for coulomb’s law and the electric field
description The objective of the present study is to identify the mental models applied by students using Coulomb's law and the electric field concept to interpret electrostatic phenomena at the beginning of a second-year engineering course. Results indicate that most students do not correctly apply the symmetry of Coulomb's law. Although they have a coherent mental model, their version is not consistent with that which is scientifically accepted, and they confuse the concept of the electric field with the force between charges.
publisher REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE).
publishDate 2010
url https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/241
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