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ERIC Number: EJ187493
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Models as a Pedagogical Tool: Can We Learn from Maxwell?
Gee, Brian
Physics Education, 13, 5, 287-91, Jul 78
Discussed are how models arise, are used, and abandoned in favor of some different theory. Maxwell's work in electromagnetic theory is used as an example. (MDR)
Descriptors: Instruction, Models, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science Education, Scientific Methodology, Scientists, Theories
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Language: English
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