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ERIC Number: EJ638164
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
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The Development of First Year Physics Students' Ideas about Measurement in Terms of Point and Set Paradigms.
Buffler, Andy; Allie, Saalih; Lubben, Fred; Campbell, Bob
International Journal of Science Education, v23 n11 p1137-56 Nov 2001
Discusses the results of a study that explored first year university students' ideas about measurement in the physics laboratory. Uses the 'point' and 'set' paradigms as a model to analyze responses to written probes. (Contains 21 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation, Measurement, Physics, Prior Learning, Science Process Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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