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ERIC Number: EJ231004
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Publication Date: 1980-Aug
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Use of SI Metric Units Misrepresented in College Physics Texts.
Hooper, William
American Journal of Physics, v48 n8 p681-84 Aug 1980
Summarizes results of a survey that examined 13 textbooks claiming to use SI units. Tables present data concerning the SI and non-SI units actually used in each text in discussion of fluid pressure and thermal energy, and data concerning which texts do and do not use SI as claimed. (CS)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Metric System, Physics, Science Education, Textbook Content, Textbooks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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