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ERIC Number: EJ522063
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0031-9120
Differences in Students' Perceptions of Learning Physics.
Prosser, Michael; And Others
Physics Education, v31 n1 p43-48 Jan 1996
Used an open-ended response survey to elicit first-year physics student's ideas on the nature of physics and how to study it. Describes the categories that were identified by a phenomenographic methodology and discusses the distribution of responses across the categories. Discusses issues that emerged and implications for the practice of teaching physics. (JRH)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Physics, Science Instruction, Surveys
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia; Nature of Science