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GIREP-EPEC 2025 Conference, Leiden, The Netherlands

30 June 2025 to 4 July 2025
Leiden University, Gorlaeus building
Europe/Amsterdam timezone
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University students’ difficulties related to transformation between graphical and algebraic representations in the case or non-constant acceleration kinematics

30 Jun 2025, 14:30
20m
CM1.26 (Gorlaeus building)

CM1.26

Gorlaeus building

Einsteinweg 55 2333 CC Leiden
Oral presentation Interplay of mathematics and physics (MATH) Parallel oral presentations MATH

Speaker

Kristina Zuza (UPV/EHU (Applied Physics Department))

Description

Abstract. The aim of this work is to detect the difficulties of second year (3rd semester) chilean students in kinematics with non-constant acceleration. The focus is on questions in which students receive the information in one representation (graphical or algebraic) and have to transform and answer in the other. The analysis was carried out by phenomenography, which allowed us to categorise the students' answers. The initial results show that although difficulties appear in both transformations, transformation from graphical to algebraic is more challenging for them. These results are intended to guide a future TLS to help students overcome the difficulties detected.

Education level Age over 18 (excluding teacher education)
Physics topic Other
Research focus Student conceptions / Preconceptions / Misconceptions
Research method Mixed method (qualitative & quantitative)
Organizing preference criteria Physics topic

Author

Any Urrutia

Co-authors

Dr Cristian Merino (Chemistry Institute, CIDSTEM, Pontifia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso) Jenaro Guisasola Kristina Zuza (UPV/EHU (Applied Physics Department))

Presentation materials

GIREP 2025_Non-constant-acceleration-kinematics_Graphics-Algebraic.docx