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ERIC Number: EJ281701
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-May
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In My Opinion: We Ought to Use the Conventional Current Direction.
Iona, Mario
Physics Teacher, v21 n5 p334 May 1983
Many secondary/college textbook authors define current explicitly or implicitly, by the diagrams, in terms of negative-charge motion. Discusses several reasons why the "conventional current" direction is preferred. (JN)
Descriptors: College Science, Diagrams, Electricity, High Schools, Higher Education, Physics, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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