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ERIC Number: EJ969757
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 6
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8121
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Exploration of Reaction Time: Ideas for an Inquiry Investigation in Physics Education
Brown, Todd; Brown, Katrina; Barnot, Vickilyn
Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, v49 n3 p82-87 2012
Reaction time, the time between a stimulus and a person's reaction to it, is a concept familiar to most teenagers, particularly in the context of driving. We describe a simple inexpensive activity that utilizes students' creativity and invokes the scientific method in order to explore reaction time. The goal of the activity is to give students a realistic understanding of their reaction time and to challenge them to consider the implications of this for driving scenarios. (Contains 3 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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