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ERIC Number: EJ473458
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Evaluation of an Introductory Course on "Force" Considering Students' Preconceptions.
Thijs, G. D.
Science Education, v76 n2 p155-74 Apr 1992
Evaluates the effectiveness of a course using a constructivist approach in reducing Dutch secondary school students (n=190) misconceptions about force. Concluded that the lessons were effective in changing students' ideas in regard to forces in rest situations and frictional forces and that learning effects were equally distributed over student groups. (Contains 25 references.) (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Force, Foreign Countries, High Achievement, Low Achievement, Misconceptions, Motion, Physics, Questionnaires, Schemata (Cognition), Science Curriculum, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Netherlands