Studying Galileo at Secondary School: A Reconstruction of His "Jumping-Hill" Experiment and the Process of Discovery.

Teichmann, Jurgen

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ERIC Number: EJ590193

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Studying Galileo at Secondary School: A Reconstruction of His "Jumping-Hill" Experiment and the Process of Discovery.

Teichmann, Jurgen

Science and Education, v8 n2 p121-36 Mar 1999

Finds that interpretation of Galileo's only known experimental manuscript produces some interesting questions that offer pedagogical applications. Promotes classroom "research games" consisting of reconstructed experiments with Galileo's inclined plane and with other instruments to allow further speculation. (Author/WRM)

Descriptors: Demonstrations (Science), Higher Education, History, Science Activities, Science Experiments, Science History, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Principles, Secondary Education, Teacher Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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