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Solving problems in physics involves the contextual understanding of the problems, the identification of tools needed to solve the problem including both conceptual and mathematical, and lastly the evaluation of the answer if it makes sense. The stages are not usually followed since students mainly focus on solving every physics problem mathematically using a formula and in the end, students are unable to evaluate if the answer is making sense. The present research wishes to propose a context-content alignment problem-solving strategy that will help students to identify the context of the problem, select the suitable rule(s), principles, laws, or theory of physics, and later align the principle(s), rules or laws with the mathematical tools necessary to solve the problem. After the mathematical solution, students must evaluate the calculated answer if it makes sense. The context-content alignment problem-solving strategy was developed based on the concept of scientific explanation. According to scientific explanation, each explanation consists of a claim, evidence, and reasoning. The research wishes to explore challenges pre-service students have while practicing to answer questions using a context-content alignment problem-solving strategy.
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