What do Children Understand about Pressure in Fluids?.

Clough, Elizabeth Engel|Driver, Rosalind

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ERIC Number: EJ328745

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Publication Date: 1985

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What do Children Understand about Pressure in Fluids?

Clough, Elizabeth Engel; Driver, Rosalind

Research in Science and Technological Education, v3 n2 p133-44 1985

A number of alternative frameworks used by 84 students (ages 12-16) in interpreting phenomena concerned with fluid pressure were identified during interviews with these students. Methodology employed, tasks used to obtain data, an analysis of the results, and implications for physics teaching are included. (JN)

Descriptors: Comprehension, Concept Formation, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Physical Sciences, Pressure (Physics), Science Education, Secondary School Science

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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