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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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On the Concept of Temperature.
Tee, Tan Boon – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 1979
Discusses some of the misconceptions school children may have in their study of heat and temperature and attempts to clarify the concepts of temperature and to contrast it with the use of the term heat. The choice of gas thermometers as the standard temperature scale is also discussed. (HM)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Fundamental Concepts
School Physics Education in Southeast Asia.
Seng, Chin Pin; Tee, Tan Boon – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 1978
Traces physics curriculum innovation in Southeast Asia since the 1950s. The unique features of such innovation in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand are highlighted. Forecasts for the future of physics education in part of the world are also discussed. (Author/HM)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, International Studies
On the Concept of Time.
Tee, Tan Boon – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 1980
Explores the meaning which children attach to time. Offers possible definitions of time and questions the reliability and validity of the standard unit of time as used in school laboratories. (GS)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Definitions, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education