Students' misconception on forces and work

Authors

Benedicta M. Carambas ⋅ PH Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Alvin Karlo G. Tapia ⋅ PH Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños
Marvin U. Herrera ⋅ PH Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Baños

Abstract

The students' conception of forces and work was analyzed. Students have problems in analyzing the concept of net force acting on different bodies. They can easily remember the law of action and interaction but they tend to ignore the fact that pair of forces act on different bodies. On work, students simply extract features from the variables given. When they are required to determine which one applies larger force they single out the case in which the values are larger.

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Issue

2006: Proceedings of the 24th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas National Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-2006-2F-04

Section

Physics Education

Published

2006-10-25

How to Cite

[1]

BM Carambas, AKG Tapia, and MU Herrera, Students’ misconception on forces and work, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 24, SPP-2006-2F-04 (2006). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2006-2F-04.