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ERIC Number: EJ613729
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-231X
Completing a Simple Circuit.
Slater, Timothy F.; Adams, Jeffrey P.; Brown, Thomas R.
Journal of College Science Teaching, v30 n2 p96-99 Oct 2000
Students have problems successfully arranging an electric circuit to make the bulb produce light. Investigates the percentage of students able to complete a circuit with a given apparatus, and the effects of prior experience on student success. Recommends hands-on activities at the elementary and secondary school levels. (Contains 14 references.) (YDS)
Descriptors: Electric Circuits, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering Education, Hands on Science, Higher Education, Learning, Misconceptions, Physics, Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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