Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ636057
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2001
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Students' Alternative Conceptions and Scientifically Acceptable Conceptions about Gravity.
Palmer, David
International Journal of Science Education, v23 n7 p691-706 Jul 2001
Identifies students' conceptions that could be categorized as scientifically acceptable and investigates the nature of any possible relationship between these concepts. Investigates 6th and 10th grade students' ideas on whether gravity acted upon a series of moving or non-moving objects in everyday situations. (Contains 41 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Force, Foreign Countries, Gravity (Physics), High Schools, Middle Schools, Motion, Physics, Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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