How Difficult are Simple Electrical Circuit Conceptions? New Findings

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dc.contributor.authorQuezada-Espinoza, Monica
dc.contributor.authorDominguez, Angeles
dc.contributor.authorZavala, Genaro
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-21T13:03:05Z
dc.date.available2025-03-21T13:03:05Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionIndexación: Scopus
dc.description.abstractResearch on conceptual understanding is one of the first steps in designing materials to improve learning. Literature reports that students have difficulties analyzing and describing phenomena in electric circuits. This report contributes to students' conceptual difficulties regarding simple electrical circuits by systematically analyzing an open conceptual test answered by 531 first-year engineering students. We found students' reasoning that has not yet been reported in the literature as misconceptions or difficulties. To deepen our understanding of students' difficulties, we chose five students by convenience to interview. We present evidence that there are two main contributions to the taxonomy in this study: the Series Circuit Misconception, which is when students convey that the current through bulbs is the same because they are in series, using that as a mnemonic ignoring any change in the circuit; and the Inverse Parallel Circuit Misconception, that is when students mention that the resistance of the circuit decreases when disconnecting bulbs in parallel, neither are reported in the literature. The results of this study have implications for physics education research in electric circuits and educational practice in the classroom. © 2023 The Author(s).
dc.description.urihttps://www.eu-jer.com/how-difficult-are-simple-electrical-circuit-conceptions-new-findings
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal of Educational Research. Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 1269 - 1284. 2023
dc.identifier.doi10.12973/eu-jer.12.3.1269
dc.identifier.issn2165-8714
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unab.cl/handle/ria/63836
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEurasian Society of Educational Research
dc.rights.licenseAttribution 4.0 International Deed (CC BY 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectEducational Innovation
dc.subjectElectric Circuits
dc.subjectHigher Education
dc.subjectStudents' Conceptions
dc.subjectStudents' Difficulties
dc.titleHow Difficult are Simple Electrical Circuit Conceptions? New Findings
dc.typeArtículo
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