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ERIC Number: EJ478396
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
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Understanding Conservation of Laws in Mechanics: Students' Conceptual Change in Learning about Collisions.
Grimellini-Tomasini, N.; And Others
Science Education, v77 n2 p168-89 Apr 1993
Reviews research on student learning about collisions in physics instruction. Focus is placed on the main differences between the spontaneous perspective in describing/interpreting collisions and the disciplinary perspective based upon the energy and linear momentum conservation laws. (PR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Research, Energy, High Schools, Kinetics, Literature Reviews, Mechanics (Physics), Motion, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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