Physics graduate students see thinking like a physicist as uniquely integrating physical intuition with mathematics, but core courses hinder this while research and electives foster it.
The cognitive blending of mathematics and physics knowledge
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What does it mean to think like a physicist? Insights from physics graduate students
Physics graduate students see thinking like a physicist as uniquely integrating physical intuition with mathematics, but core courses hinder this while research and electives foster it.