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Challenging students’ conceptions about the phenomena of inertia

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dc.creator Man-Tak CHAN
dc.creator Ping-Wai KWOK
dc.date 2005-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:15:03Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:15:03Z
dc.identifier 1609-4913
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/cdab57eec5644d6f8852ab521e640143
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/17347
dc.description Newtonian mechanics is considered as one of the difficult topics in physics. Students usually find it difficult to connect the phenomena of forces with Newton ’s Laws of motion. In particular, Newton's First Law of motion (Law of Inertia) seems to defy students' common sense of motions because the need for a force to overcome the frictional force in a constant speed motion has shaped their misconceptions. This article introduces three experiments for teaching the concepts of Newton's First Law of motion. These experiments have been tried out in the lessons of 384 students in eleven Grade-8 classes. The teachers conducting these lessons were highly satisfied with the learning outcomes achieved by conducting these experiments (Kwok, Chan & Mung, 1999).
dc.language English
dc.language Chinese
dc.publisher Hong Kong Institute of Education
dc.relation http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v6_issue1/chanmt/abstract.htm
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/1609-4913
dc.source Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 4 (2005)
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education (General)
dc.subject L7-991
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.title Challenging students’ conceptions about the phenomena of inertia
dc.type article


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