Navigating four dimensions – upper secondary students’ understanding of movement in spacetime
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Navigating four dimensions – upper secondary students’ understanding of movement in spacetime. / Kersting, Magdalena.
In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 1287, 012007, 2019.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Navigating four dimensions – upper secondary students’ understanding of movement in spacetime
AU - Kersting, Magdalena
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In contrast to classical physics, general relativity (GR) interprets gravity as geometry. Objects follow geodesic curves in four-dimensional spacetime and curvature creates the illusion of a gravitational force. Despite the scientific relevance of this theory, educational research in the domain of GR is scarce. This study contributes to a growing body of knowledge concerning secondary students' understanding of GR. Based on a thematic analysis of audio records of student discussions of 97 Norwegian physics students (18-19 years), we present results on students' understanding of geodesic movement in spacetime. Our findings can give guidance to improve learning and instruction of a key concept of GR at the upper secondary school level.
AB - In contrast to classical physics, general relativity (GR) interprets gravity as geometry. Objects follow geodesic curves in four-dimensional spacetime and curvature creates the illusion of a gravitational force. Despite the scientific relevance of this theory, educational research in the domain of GR is scarce. This study contributes to a growing body of knowledge concerning secondary students' understanding of GR. Based on a thematic analysis of audio records of student discussions of 97 Norwegian physics students (18-19 years), we present results on students' understanding of geodesic movement in spacetime. Our findings can give guidance to improve learning and instruction of a key concept of GR at the upper secondary school level.
U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/1287/1/012007
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/1287/1/012007
M3 - Conference article
VL - 1287
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
SN - 1742-6588
M1 - 012007
ER -
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