Students Do Not Overcome Conceptual Difficulties after Solving 1000 Traditional Problems.

Kim, Eunsook; Pak, Sung-Jae

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ERIC Number: EJ652822

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Publication Date: 2002

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Students Do Not Overcome Conceptual Difficulties after Solving 1000 Traditional Problems.

Kim, Eunsook; Pak, Sung-Jae

American Journal of Physics, v70 n7 p759-65 Jul 2002

Investigates the relationship between traditional physics textbook problem solving and conceptual understanding. Reports that students had many of the well-known conceptual difficulties with basic mechanics and that there was little correlation between the number of problems solved and conceptual understanding. (Contains 21 references.) (Author/YDS)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Higher Education, Misconceptions, Physics, Problem Solving, Science Education, Teaching Methods, Textbooks

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Korea

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