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: EJ478396
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Understanding Conservation of Laws in Mechanics: Students' Conceptual Change in Learning about Collisions.
Grimellini-Tomasini, N.; And Others
Science Education, v77 n2 p168-89 Apr 1993
Reviews research on student learning about collisions in physics instruction. Focus is placed on the main differences between the spontaneous perspective in describing/interpreting collisions and the disciplinary perspective based upon the energy and linear momentum conservation laws. (PR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Research, Energy, High Schools, Kinetics, Literature Reviews, Mechanics (Physics), Motion, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Collisions (Physics); Conceptual Change; Science Education Research