Force concept inventory
- D. Hestenes, Malcolm Wells, Gregg Swackhamer
- Education, Physics
- 1 March 1992
Every student begins physics with a well-established system of commonsense beliefs about how the physical world works derived from years of personal experience. Over the last decade, physics…
Clifford Algebra to Geometric Calculus
- C. Kilmister, D. Hestenes, G. Sobczyk
- Mathematics
- 1984
The initial knowledge state of college physics students
- Ibrahim A. Halloun, D. Hestenes
- Education, Physics
- 1 November 1985
An instrument to assess the basic knowledge state of students taking a first course in physics has been designed and validated. Measurements with the instrument show that the student’s initial…
Toward a modeling theory of physics instruction
- D. Hestenes
- Education, Physics
- 1 May 1987
An analysis of the conceptual structure of physics identifies essential factual and procedural knowledge which is not explicitly formulated and taught in physics courses. It leads to the conclusion…
Common sense concepts about motion
- Ibrahim A. Halloun, D. Hestenes
- Education
- 1 November 1985
Common sense beliefs of college students about motion and its causes are surveyed and analyzed. A taxonomy of common sense concepts which conflict with Newtonian theory is developed as a guide to…
Space-time algebra
- D. Hestenes
- Mathematics, Physics
- 1966
Preface to the Second Edition.- Introduction.- Part I:Geometric Algebra.- 1.Intrepretation of Clifford Algebra.- 2.Definition of Clifford Algebra.- 3.Inner and Outer Products.- 4.Structure of…
New Foundations for Classical Mechanics
- D. Hestenes
- Physics
- 1 December 1987
1: Origins of Geometric Algebra.- 1-1. Geometry as Physics.- 1-2. Number and Magnitude.- 1-3. Directed Numbers.- 1-4. The Inner Product.- 1-5. The Outer Product.- 1-6. Synthesis and Simplification.-…
Modeling games in the Newtonian World
- D. Hestenes
- Education
- 1 August 1992
The basic principles of Newtonian mechanics can be interpreted as a system of rules defining a medley of modeling games. The common objective of these games is to develop validated models of physical…
A modeling method for high school physics instruction
- Malcolm Wells, D. Hestenes, Gregg Swackhamer
- Education
- 1 July 1995
The design and development of a new method for high school physics instruction is described. Students are actively engaged in understanding the physical world by constructing and using scientific…
A mechanics baseline test
- D. Hestenes, Malcolm Wells
- Education
- 1 March 1992
We have designed a test to assess student understanding of the most basic concepts in mechanics. The test is universal in the sense that it is limited to concepts that should be addressed in…
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