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Query: Investigating Unprompted and Prompted Diagrams Generated by Physics
  MajorsDuring Problem Solving   Diagrams are ubiquitous in physics, especially in physics education and
physics problem solving. Problem solvers may generate diagrams to orient to a
scenario, to organize information, to directly extract an answer, or as a tool
of communication. In this study, we interviewed 19 undergraduate and graduate
physics majors, asking them to solve 18 multiple-choice physics problems --
with no prompting regarding diagrams -- and then six diagramming tasks of
situations similar to six of the multiple-choice problems. By comparing
spontaneously generated and prompted diagrams, we identify different
diagramming elements and features used by physics majors acting towards
different ends (\textit{i.e.,} in different epistemic frames). We found that
different physical contexts impact how critical it is to draw an accurate
diagram, and that the differences in diagramming between cohorts
(\textit{e.g.}, between lower-division undergraduate and graduate students)
seem to be smaller than the differences within a cohort. We also explore
implications for teaching and research.

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