Evaluation of an instructional unit utilizing the worst case method in improving students' understanding of uncertainty analysis and propagation of error

The objective of most physics laboratory exercises is to investigate the validity of a physical law or theory. Students compare predictions, based on theoretical grounds, with experimental results and are often confronted with a discrepancy between these two. Instead of submitting an analysis or a c...

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Main Author: Haugen, Paul Alan
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/503