Improving student performance through use of spacetime diagrams during special relativity instruction

• Main Author: Toh, Heng Kuan
• Other Authors: Ho Shen Yong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/68609
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Special Theory of Relativity (STR) established by Einstein in 1905 is a difficult subject to teach in schools. STR has always been taught through the use of Thought Experiments, as objects do not normally travel under near-light velocities. Misconceptions can arise from thought experiments as a...