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Highlights: a set of 29 problems to help students learn to create a coherent story as part of problem solving on the topic of electricity

Abstract: To develop complex problem solving skills, students need to learn to develop a coherent story about what the situation in the problem is, what the mechanism is, and what physics principles are appropriate to apply. This part of the module contains 29 problems about electric fields, currents and circuits that require "telling the story" of what's happening, matching the physics to the math, and developing a solution path. These problems can help students build up the intuitions to be able to work with complex models of neural circuits studied in their more advanced classes.

Resource Types: Homework, Instructor supplement, Restricted access, In-class activity

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Authors:

Edward Redish

University of Maryland, College Park

NEXUS Physics

Living Physics Portal Team

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Physics Topics:

Electricity & Magnetism > Capacitance, DC Circuits, Resistance

Life Sciences Topics:

Human and Animal Physiology > Neurophysiology

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Chemistry Topics:

None

Math Topics:

Algebra; Graphical Analysis

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