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Investigating Student Understanding Of Sound As A Longitudinal Wave, Earl C. Coombs
Investigating Student Understanding Of Sound As A Longitudinal Wave, Earl C. Coombs
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The field of physics education research (PER) has highlighted the discrepancy between what is taught during traditional instruction in physics, and what students understand afterward. PER has also provided alternatives to traditional instruction that are research-based and have been shown to be more effective in bringing students’ level of understanding of physics more in line with that of the scientific community. One topic that has received attention is the propagation of sound. We confirmed that students in the introductory algebra-based and calculus-based physics courses at the University of Maine have difficulties with sound propagation similar to those documented by others. …