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ERIC Number: EJ620554
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
Students' Talk about Rotational Motion Within and Across Contexts, and Implications for Future Learning.
Roth, Wolff-Michael; Lucas, Keith B.; McRobbie, Campbell J.
International Journal of Science Education, v23 n2 p151-79 Feb 2001
Reports part of larger study concerned with understanding learning as it emerges from enacted curriculum. Presents results of two studies on students' discourse about rotation phenomena with particular focus on the consistency of this talk across different phenomena. Concludes that only a minority of students provided adequate observational and theoretical descriptions of the dynamics of rotational motion. (Contains 42 references.) (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Modes, Motion, Science Education, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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