Danesh-Yazdi, A. H., & Cloutier, A. M., & Cornwell, P. (2020, June), Does Physics Really Need to be a Prerequisite to Statics?  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--34476

\bibitem{asee_peer_34476}
  Danesh-Yazdi, A. H., \& Cloutier, A. M., \& Cornwell, P. (2020, June), \emph{Does Physics Really Need to be a Prerequisite to Statics?}
  Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line .
  10.18260/1-2--34476

Amir  H. Danesh-Yazdi, Aimee Monique Cloutier, and Phillip Cornwell.  "Does Physics Really Need to be a Prerequisite to Statics?".  2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2020.  https://peer.asee.org/34476 Internet.  29 Jun, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_34476}
  Amir  H. Danesh-Yazdi, Aimee Monique Cloutier, and Phillip Cornwell.
  "Does Physics Really Need to be a Prerequisite to Statics?".
  \emph{2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line , 2020, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2020.
  https://peer.asee.org/34476 Internet.  29 Jun, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Depending on the university, General Physics I, where students are usually introduced to mechanics at the collegiate level, may or may not be a prerequisite or co-requisite for students taking Statics. At first glance, requiring the successful completion of a first-year physics course for students to take Statics seems logical. After all, it is in Physics where students are introduced to the concept of free-body diagrams (FBDs) and Newton’s 2nd law, and this knowledge should, in theory, help students be successful in Statics, a class that uses these ideas extensively. While the intent of the Physics requirement is clear, our anecdotal observations do not support the assertion that students with a college Physics background are better prepared for Statics than students without this background. Regardless of the background, students are often ill-prepared for the challenges of Statics. In fact, in some instances, students who have taken a first-year Physics course tend to engage in poor practices in drawing FBDs in Statics since these practices are often taught in Physics. Our aim with this paper is to investigate whether students who have taken Physics prior to Statics are more successful than students who have not taken Physics. We plan to assess students’ overall performance in Statics and their ability to draw FBDs at institutions where Physics is not a prerequisite or co-requisite to Statics and at institutions where Physics is a requirement for Statics.
AU  - Amir  H. Danesh-Yazdi
AU  - Aimee Monique Cloutier
AU  - Phillip Cornwell
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DA  - 2020/06/22
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TI  - Does Physics Really Need to be a Prerequisite to Statics?
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DO  - 10.18260/1-2--34476
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