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Filtering by: Creator Istok, Jonathan D. Contributor Emigh, Paul J. Degree Name Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Understanding change: surface manipulative-activities as a tool for addressing student difficulties in thermodynamics

Creator:

Siegel, Reese R.

Abstract:

Multivariable functions permeate physics, mathematics, and other sciences. Understanding how quantities in multivariable relationships change together – or co-vary – is important for studying physical systems. In this project, we asked junior-level physics majors to describe the covariation of quantities in a multivariable context given a 2D graph. We identified...

Resource Type:

Undergraduate Thesis

Full Text:

surfaces for short) are thermoformed, plastic, 3-D models of multivariable functions. Created by Aaron