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Some References for Electricity Misconception Research



We can finally understand the obscure myster of electric circuits by ignoring the conventional approach and instead looking at the details of surface charge and "static electricity." See this paper by Chabay and Sherwood (PDF)


On of the few books which explain "electricity" correctly:
" Basic Electricity JE-101" by Gene McWhorter, 1984, a RADIO SHACK book (out of print! Rats! Try his later version, The Electricity Book)


There Are No Electrons, Ken Amdahl
Very fascinating story-telling method for explaining basic electricity and electronics


Paperback on Lightning (and misconceptions), for the general public:
All About Lightning, Dr Martin A. Uman


An excellent college-level physics texbook:
ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC INTERACTIONS, by Chabay/Sherwood

It unifies "static electricity" with the rest of circuit theory, and promotes lots of "intuitive/conceptual" reasoning rather than pure math



A large, excellent collection of research papers on electricity misconceptions:
ASPECTS OF UNDERSTANDING ELECTRICITY: PROCEEDINGS OF AN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP, R. Duit, W. Jung, C. von Roneck (Eds),
Verlag Schmidt & Klaunig, 1985 (QC530.A78 1985)
(Order it through interlibrary loan!)


Meaningful Learning Reseach Group:


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Some Papers:


McDermott, L.C. & van Zee, E.H. (1984). Identifying and addressing student difficulties with electric circuits. Proceedings of the International Workshop: Aspects of Understanding Electricity, Pdagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg, W. Germany, pp. 39-4


Shipstone, D. (1988). Pupils' understanding of simple electrical circuits: Some implications for instruction. Physics Education, 23(2):92-96.


Some misc. Electronics Books I recommend







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