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arXiv:1604.02966 (physics)
[Submitted on 11 Apr 2016]

Title:Analysing the Competency of Mathematical Modelling in Physics

Authors:Edward F. Redish
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Abstract:A primary goal of physics is to create mathematical models that allow both predictions and explanations of physical phenomena. We weave maths extensively into our physics instruction beginning in high school, and the level and complexity of the maths we draw on grows as our students progress through a physics curriculum. Despite much research on the learning of both physics and math, the problem of how to successfully teach most of our students to use maths in physics effectively remains unsolved. A fundamental issue is that in physics, we don't just use maths, we think about the physical world with it. As a result, we make meaning with math-ematical symbology in a different way than mathematicians do. In this talk we analyze how developing the competency of mathematical modeling is more than just "learning to do math" but requires learning to blend physical meaning into mathematical representations and use that physical meaning in solving problems. Examples are drawn from across the curriculum.
Comments: 14 pages, 8 figures, GIREP 2015 Conference paper
Subjects: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
Cite as: arXiv:1604.02966 [physics.ed-ph]
  (or arXiv:1604.02966v1 [physics.ed-ph] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1604.02966
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From: E. F. Redish [view email]
[v1] Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:10:01 UTC (909 KB)
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