Development of cognitive skills associated with experimental data graphs in engineering students: their impact on modeling

Authors

  • Leandro Pala
  • Miriam Scancich
  • Marta Yanitelli

Keywords:

Cognitive skills, Experimental data graphs, Modeling, First university course in Physics.

Abstract

The present investigation was oriented towards the recognition of traits that, related to the development of certain cognitive skills, affect the modeling of physical phenomena, having as main axis the elaboration, treatment and analysis of Cartesian graphs in the framework of the experimental practices of first university course in physics education. A qualitative methodology was adopted based on a case study of three engineering students. It was evidenced that the aspects not yet developed in the construction of the graphic model, fundamentally the adoption of an adjustment curve, constitute obstacles in the moment of assigning meaning to the information contained in the GC, based on the conceptual knowledge available, conditioning the inter-connections between the graphic, mathematical and conceptual models.

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Published

2017-11-02

How to Cite

Development of cognitive skills associated with experimental data graphs in engineering students: their impact on modeling. (2017). Journal of Physics Teaching, 29, 197-206. https://revistas.psi.unc.edu.ar/index.php/revistaEF/article/view/18460