Programming as a semiotic system to support physics students' construction of meaning: A pilot study

Kim Svensson; Urban Eriksson; Ann-Marie Pendrill; Lassana Ouattara

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1512/1/012026

Programming as a semiotic system to support physics students' construction of meaning: A pilot study

Kim Svensson, Urban Eriksson, Ann-Marie Pendrill, Lassana Ouattara

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The paper describes a pilot study where programming was introduced to a small group of Swedish upper secondary students with the intent to showcase how programming could be used to construct meaning about different physics concepts. The study found that the students realized the potential of programming as a tool to investigate and explore physics. The results were then described using the theoretical frameworks of social semiotics and variation theory.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Conference on Physics Education (ICPE) 2018
Publisher	IOP Publishing
Volume	1512
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1512/1/012026
Publication status	Published - 2020 Apr 1
Event	International Conference on Physics Education (ICPE) 2018 - Johannesburg, South Africa Duration: 2018 Oct 1 → 2018 Oct 5

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Name	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Publisher	IoP
Volume	1512
ISSN (Print)	1742-6596

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Conference	International Conference on Physics Education (ICPE) 2018
Country/Territory	South Africa
City	Johannesburg
Period	2018/10/01 → 2018/10/05

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Linking Programming to Representations: Understanding meaning-making in physics education through semiotic resources
Svensson, K., 2022 Apr 20, Lund: Media-Tryck, Lund University, Sweden. 304 p.
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Programming and its affordances for physics education: A social semiotic and variation theory approach to learning physics
Svensson, K., Eriksson, U. & Pendrill, A-M., 2020 May 13, In: Physical Review Physics Education Research. 16, 1, 010127 .
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"This pen is a rocket": Semiotic Resources, Affordances and using programming in physics education.
Svensson, K., 2020 Feb 26, Lund: Media-Tryck, Lund University, Sweden. 159 p.
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Programming in Physics Education
Svensson, K.
2018/01/01 → 2022/05/19
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Programming as a semiotic system to support physics students' construction of meaning: A pilot study. / Svensson, Kim; Eriksson, Urban ; Pendrill, Ann-Marie et al.

International Conference on Physics Education (ICPE) 2018. Vol. 1512 IOP Publishing, 2020. 012026 (Journal of Physics: Conference Series; Vol. 1512).

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Programming as a semiotic system to support physics students' construction of meaning: A pilot study

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Linking Programming to Representations: Understanding meaning-making in physics education through semiotic resources

Programming and its affordances for physics education: A social semiotic and variation theory approach to learning physics

"This pen is a rocket": Semiotic Resources, Affordances and using programming in physics education.

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Programming in Physics Education

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