A Model of Adolescents' Understanding of Physical Phenomena and Its Application to Instruction [microform] / Audrey B. Champagne and Others.

This paper describes a model for the adolescent's understanding of the motion of objects, and the application of this model to the design of beginning physics instruction in mechanics. Students' difficulties in learning classical Newtonian mechanics are described and integrated into curren...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Champagne, Audrey B.
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1981.
Subjects:	Adolescents. Cognitive Processes. Comprehension. Learning Processes. Mechanics (Physics) Physics. Problem Solving. Science Education. Science Instruction. Scientific Concepts. Secondary Education. Secondary School Science.