skip to main content
US FlagAn official website of the United States government
dot gov icon
Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
https lock icon
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( lock ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.


Search for: All records

Editors contains: "Dreyfus, T"

Note: When clicking on a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) number, you will be taken to an external site maintained by the publisher. Some full text articles may not yet be available without a charge during the embargo (administrative interval).
What is a DOI Number?

Some links on this page may take you to non-federal websites. Their policies may differ from this site.

  1. Dreyfus, T; González-Martín, A S; Nardi, E; Monaghan, J; Thompson, P W (Ed.)
    Physics students are introduced to vector fields in introductory courses, typically in the contexts of electric and magnetic fields. Vector calculus provides several ways to describe how vector fields vary in space including the gradient, divergence, and curl. Physics majors use vector calculus extensively in a junior-level electricity and magnetism (E&M) course. Our focus here is exploring student reasoning with the partial derivatives that constitute divergence and curl in vector field representations, adding to the current understanding of how students reason with derivatives. 
    more » « less