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    "pk": 33071,
    "title": "How Misconceptions Affect Formal Physics Problem Solving: Model-Based Predictions and Empirical Observations",
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    "abstract": "One important finding in physics education is that very often \nstudents enter physics courses with misconceptions about the \ndomain. A n often raised, but hardly ever thoroughly investigated question is whether and how students' misconceptions \nin physics come into play in solving formal textbook problems \nwhich ask for a precise quantitative solution. W e developed a \ncognitive computer model of the role qualitative physics \nknowledge plays in formal physics problem solving. O n the \nbasis of the model it cannot only be hypothesized where misconceptions might come into play during formal physics problem solving, but also which correct qualitative physics \nknowledge should be applied instead in order to guide the use \nof quantitative physics knowledge efficiently and successfully. \nIn particular, the model predicts that the application of misconceptions prevents the results of qualitative problem analyses from being exploited to construct additionally required \nformal, quantitative physics knowledge. A n empirical investigation confirmed that misconceptions frequently affect formal \nphysics problem solving in the way predicted by the model. \nCommonly, subjects who applied misconceptions during problem solving reached an impasse when they tried to express the \nresults of their qualitative problem analyses in quantitative \nterms. Most of the subjects were not able to resolve such an \nimpasse successfully.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "section": "17",
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        {
            "first_name": "Rolf",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Ploetzner",
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            "institution": "University of Freiburg",
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "1995-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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