%0 Journal Article
%T The construction of the representation in solving a physics problem
%A Enrique A. Coleoni
%A Jos¨¦ C. Otero
%A Zulma E. Gangoso
%A V¨ªctor H. Hamity
%J Investiga£¿£¿es em Ensino de Ci¨ºncias
%D 2001
%I Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
%X Written solutions of a physics problem provided by high school students in a physics olympiad are analysed. The study was done on the basis of theoretical developments which take into account peculiarities of the understanding of scientific problems. Some errors are typefied according to failures at different levels of the representation process. A categorization is proposed suggesting the possibility of reinterpreting some mistakes made by physics students in problem solving.
%K problem solving in physics
%K text comprehension
%K representation
%U http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID78/v6_n3_a2001.pdf