http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ 2020-01-26T23:01:16-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/ http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-07-13T20:48:08-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/whitepapers:problemsolving:start?rev=1279079288 FIXME These are raw notes for an eventual wiki page. Please return later. There are a number of aspects of problem-solving that upper-division students need to be taught explicitly: Pieces Link[Pieces PDF]harmonic“”variable vs. constantreflection text/html 2008-01-04T12:09:10-08:00 http://sites.science.oregonstate.edu/portfolioswiki/whitepapers:problemsolving:web_version?rev=1199477350 Breaking a Big Problem into Manageable Pieces without Losing Sight of the Big Picture The Students' Mindframe In the best-case scenario, juniors in undergraduate physics will begin their junior year capable of successfully understanding and solving multi-step physics problems. Ideally, these students would have no significant holes in either their math or physics background and would already have the types of conceptual understanding that is measured by things such as concept inventories. Eve…