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Two Elements of a Mathematical Sensemaking Approach to Teaching Introductory Physics

Kuo, Eric; Hull, Michael M.; Elby, Andrew; Gupta, Ayush

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Title
Two Elements of a Mathematical Sensemaking Approach to Teaching Introductory Physics
Author(s)
  • Kuo, Eric
  • Hull, Michael M.
  • Elby, Andrew
  • Gupta, Ayush
Issue Date
2020
Keyword(s)
  • mathematical sensemaking
  • physics
  • teaching
Abstract
We describe two elements of a mathematical sensemaking curriculum that has been used in university-level, large-lecture, introductory physics courses. The goals of this curriculum are to foster physics students’ mathematical sensemaking—that is, their leveraging of the coherence between conceptual understanding and formal mathematics in their reasoning. The learning outcomes of this course are described elsewhere.
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