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ERIC Number: EJ379213
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Misconceptions and the Qualitative Method.
Ridgeway, Dori
Science Teacher, v55 n6 p68-71 Sep 1988
Reports concepts which 12th-grade physics students hold about motion before and after a lecture is given. Compares quantitative and qualitative research methodology and describes some responses to test items. Shows six questions, student responses, and typical incorrect explanations used by students. (YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Mechanics (Physics), Misconceptions, Motion, Physics, Qualitative Research, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research