NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
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.

Learn more about the history of ERIC here. PDF icon

Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ593824
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
Use of a Computer Simulation To Develop Mental Simulations for Understanding Relative Motion Concepts.
Monaghan, James M.; Clement, John
International Journal of Science Education, v21 n9 p921-44 Sep 1999
Presents evidence for students' qualitative and quantitative difficulties with apparently simple one-dimensional relative-motion problems, students' spontaneous visualization of relative-motion problems, the visualizations facilitating solution of these problems, and students' memories of the online computer simulation used as a framework for visualization of post-test problems solved off line. Contains 39 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Simulation, Concept Formation, Memory, Motion, Physics, Problem Solving, Relativity, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Thinking Skills, Visualization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: N/A