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ERIC Number: EJ590193
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0926-7220
Studying Galileo at Secondary School: A Reconstruction of His "Jumping-Hill" Experiment and the Process of Discovery.
Teichmann, Jurgen
Science and Education, v8 n2 p121-36 Mar 1999
Finds that interpretation of Galileo's only known experimental manuscript produces some interesting questions that offer pedagogical applications. Promotes classroom "research games" consisting of reconstructed experiments with Galileo's inclined plane and with other instruments to allow further speculation. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Science), Higher Education, History, Science Activities, Science Experiments, Science History, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Principles, Secondary Education, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Galileo
Note: Special issue on Galileo and Science Education.