Journal article
Power Boxes: New Representation for Analyzing DC Circuits
The Physics teacher, v 56(6), pp 362-366
Sep 2018
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Abstract
Power Boxes are a new representation to provide students with a conceptual resource to analyze direct current (DC) circuits and to build conceptual understanding of energy and power use in circuits. Power Boxes are designed to provide an intermediate, conceptual step between drawing a circuit diagram and solving calculations. In this paper, we describe Power Boxes, provide illustrative examples of how they can be used to analyze series and parallel DC circuits, and discuss the limitations of the representation.
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- Title
- Power Boxes: New Representation for Analyzing DC Circuits
- Creators
- Daryl McPadden - Florida International UniversityJason Dowd - Duke UniversityEric Brewe - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- The Physics teacher, v 56(6), pp 362-366
- Number of pages
- 5
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000442265800010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85052661772
- Other Identifier
- 991019169785804721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Education, Scientific Disciplines
- Physics, Multidisciplinary