==== Student Geometric Reasoning in the Context of Junior-Level E&M Problems ====


Question:
In what ways do students use geometric understanding of a problem in their problem solving?

•	What are examples of students using geometric understanding?

•	What are examples of types of reasoning that are seen commonly among a large percentage of students?

•	What are examples of types of reasoning that are exceptional and found only among certain students?

•	To what advances in understanding or solving of the problem does the particular application of geometric understanding lead?

•	What situations lead to symbolic->geometric understanding, which lead to geometric->symbolic, and which to harmonic reasoning?

==== Revised Dissertation Questions ====

Question: What are the concepts and processes with which students are wrestling when solving E&M problems, and how do they approach them?

•	What aspects of E&M problems are not obvious to students, including understanding of:

 	*	physical quatities

 	*	geometric relationships

 	*	mathematical processes

 	*	notation and translation of symbols

•	What approaches do students take to overcome challenges and to what extent is geometric reasoning used to solve the problem.

Link to an expansion of these ideas about student [[Learning]]

==== Links ====
[[Definitions]]

A look at what students are wrestling with and some video [[Examples]]