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Tried and True: Making the connection—Addressing students’ misconceptions of circuits
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Electricity is an abstract phenomenon that students interact with every day. Interestingly enough, many eighth-grade students do not fully understand the requirements for a complete circuit. In an effort to "short-…
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Series and parallel circuits
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Research and Teaching: Undergraduate Success—and Failure—in Completing a Simple Circuit
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This research study was motivated by physics educators’ ubiquitous citing of the batteries and bulbs study (Thiberghien and Delacote, 1976) even though the literature has not reported on surveys of a large population…
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This collection brings together materials about electrical circuits for middle school teachers. Several chapters from the book “Stop Faking It! Electricity and Magnetism” are added to expand teacher knowledge and…
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Lesson plans and resources for teaching electricity to fourth graders
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