Student Thoughts on Derivatives of Vector Fields

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Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_projects/xg94hw302

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Walker, Mesa E.
Abstract	Junior level physics students are familiar with a few types of vector ﬁeld derivatives, such as divergence and curl, but are typically unfamiliar with how to take a general derivative of a vector ﬁeld. Three junior-level physics students were interviewed with the open-ended prompt, “How would you think about taking a derivative of a vector ﬁeld?” The resulting data was analyzed using Zandieh’s theoretical framework developed in 2000, along with extensions by Roundy et al. and Emigh. We also present a new idea of confounding, demonstrated by the students, and propose a small extension to Emigh’s work.
License	Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
Resource Type	Capstone Project
Date Issued	2019-06-27
Degree Level	Master's
Degree Name	Master of Science (M.S.)
Degree Field	Mathematics
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	2019
Advisor	Dray, Tevian
Committee Member	Lockwood, Elise Manogue, Corinne A.
Academic Affiliation	Mathematics
Subject	Vector fields
Declaração de direitos	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]

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