Teaching and learning introductory electrostatics - conformity with nomenclature conventions

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dc.contributor.authorO'Sullivan, Colm T.
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-06T20:53:00Z
dc.date.available2019-10-06T20:53:00Z
dc.date.issued2019-08
dc.description.abstractThe treatment of electric flux in most textbooks on introductory physics, at least in the English language, differs radically from the definitions prescribed by the statutory and intergovernmental organizations (CGPM, BIPM, IUPAP, IUPAC, NIST, etc). The approach also conflicts with the treatment of the topic in many electrical engineering texts. Furthermore, it is at variance with the standard treatment of matter elsewhere in the curriculum (e.g., mechanical or thermal properties). Historical reasons for this discrepancy are investigated and it is suggested that resolving this conflict would be beneficial to the teaching and learning of this and related topics.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.articleid012061en
dc.identifier.citationO’Sullivan, C. (2019) 'Teaching and learning introductory electrostatics - conformity with nomenclature conventions', Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1286, 012061. (8pp.) DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1286/1/012061en
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1742-6596/1286/1/012061en
dc.identifier.endpage8en
dc.identifier.issn1742-6588
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Physics: Conference Seriesen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8701
dc.identifier.volume1286en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIOP Publishingen
dc.relation.urihttps://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1286/1/012061
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2019. Content from this work may be used under the terms of theCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ie/en
dc.subjectIntroductoryen
dc.subjectTeaching and learningen
dc.subjectElectrostaticsen
dc.subjectConformityen
dc.subjectNomenclature conventionsen
dc.titleTeaching and learning introductory electrostatics - conformity with nomenclature conventionsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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