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ERIC Number: EJ442070
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Students' Concepts of Force as Applied to Related Physical Systems: A Search for Consistency.
Finegold, M.; Gorsky, P.
International Journal of Science Education, v13 n1 p97-113 Jan-Mar 1991
The consistency, if any, with which force concepts are used by individual students in different, but closely related, contexts was investigated. A total of 534 university and high school students were tested to elicit their beliefs about the forces acting on various objects. Students' beliefs about the forces acting on objects at rest and in motion are discussed. (KR)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Context Effect, Force, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interviews, Misconceptions, Motion, Physics, Science Education, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Israel