What ideas do students have about pressure and depth?
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Research suggests that students have both productive ideas about and difficulties with hydrostatics. What ideas do students have about hydrostatic pressure and depth?
July 3, 2018
Pedagogy Content- Attending to student ideas
Physics Content- Pressure
Instructor Interaction ✓
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Sample Discussion Prompts
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What did you notice in this episode? Talk to your neighbor about what you noticed.
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Summarize Alicia’s argument that the water will shoot out of the holes less strongly from the wider container.
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Summarize Cass’s argument that the water will shoot out of the holes the same way no matter the width of the container.
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In what way(s) are Alicia’s and Cass’s arguments similar, even though they make contradictory predictions?
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What advancement, if any, do you see in the students’ scientific understanding during this episode?
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What student ideas about pressure and depth are indicated in this episode?
