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* 3. A significant problem in learning physics is being able to memorize all of the information I need to know.

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* 4. When I am solving a physics problem, I try to decide what would be a reasonable value for the answer.

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* 5. I think about the physics I experience in everyday life.

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* 6. It is useful for me to do lots and lots of problems when learning physics.

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* 7. After I study a topic in physics and feel that I understand it, I have difficulty solving problems on the same topic.

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* 8. Knowledge in physics consists of many disconnected topics.

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* 9. As physicists learn more, most physics ideas we use today are likely to be proven wrong.

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* 10. When I solve a physics problem, I locate an equation that uses the variables given in the problem and plug in the values

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* 11. I find that reading the text in detail is a good way for me to learn physics.

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* 12. There is usually only one correct approach to solving a physics problem.

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* 13. I am not satisfied until I understand why something works the way it does.

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* 14. I cannot learn physics if the teacher does not explain things well in class.

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* 15. I do not expect physics equations to help my understanding of the ideas; they are just for doing calculations.

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* 16. I study physics to learn knowledge that will be useful in my life outside of school.

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* 17. If I get stuck on a physics problem on my first try, I usually try to figure out a different way that works.

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* 18. Nearly everyone is capable of understanding physics if they work at it.

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* 19. Understanding physics basically means being able to recall something you've read or been shown.

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* 20. There could be two different correct values for the answer to a physics problem if I use two different approaches.

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* 21. To understand physics I discuss it with friends and other students.

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* 22. I do not spend more than five minutes stuck on a physics problem before giving up or seeking help from someone else.

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* 23. If I don't remember a particular equation needed to solve a problem on an exam, there's nothing much I can do (legally!) to come up with it.

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* 24. If I want to apply a method used for solving one physics problem to another problem, the probems must involve very similar situations.

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* 25. In doing a physics problem, if my calculation gives a result very different from what I'd expect, I'd trust the calculation rather than going back through the problem.

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* 26. In physics, it is important for me to make sense out of formulas before I can use them correctly.

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* 27. I enjoy solving physics problems.

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* 28. In physics, mathematical formulas express meaningful relationships among measurable quantities.

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* 29. It is important for the government to approve new scientific ideas before they can be widely accepted.

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* 30. Learning physics changes my ideas about how the world works.

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* 31. To learn physics, I only need to memorize solutions to sample problems.

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* 32. Reasoning skills used to understand physics can be helpful to me in everyday life.

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* 33. We use this statement to discard the survey of people who are not reading the questions.  Please select "Agree" (Not "Strongly Agree") for this question to preserve your answers.

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* 34. Spending a lot of time understanding where formulas come from is a waste of time.

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* 35. I find carefully analyzing only a few problems in detail is a good way for me to learn physics.

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* 36. I can usually figure out a way to solve physics problems.

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* 37. The subject of physics has little relation to what I experience in the real world.

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* 38. There are times I solve a physics problem more than once way to help my understanding.

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* 39. To understand physics, I sometimes think about my personal experiences and relate them to the topic being analyzed.

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* 40. It is possible to explain physics ideas without mathematical formulas.

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* 41. When I solve a physics problem, I explicitly think about which physics ideas apply to the problem.

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* 42. If I get stuck on a physics problem, there is no chance I'll figure it out on my own.

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* 43. It is possible for physicists to carefully perform the same experiment and get two very different results that are both correct.

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* 44. When studying physics, I relate the important information to what I already know rather than just memorizing it the way it is presented.

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