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ERIC Number: EJ538293
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-9120
A Simple But Tricky Experiment.
Grosu, I.; Baltag, O.
Physics Education, v29 n3 p184-85 May 1994
Describes an experiment that uses a bottle, a cork, and a wooden match to study students' explanations of what they observe to reveal misunderstandings about pressure and to produce some incorrect interpretations such as creation of a gradient of pressure. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Demonstrations (Science), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Misconceptions, Physics, Pressure (Physics), Secondary Education
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Great Britain