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Download full textBrown, David E. – 1988
This paper analyzes the misconceptions high school students have about force and suggests that the misunderstanding of Newton's third law is the key to these misconceptions. Clinical interview and diagnostic test data (N=104) indicates that many students have a naive view of force as an acquired or innate property of single objects rather than…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Force, Interviews
Peer reviewedBoeha, Beno B. – Physics Education, 1990
Described are the results of interviews of students regarding the concepts of "forced" and "natural" motion. Aristolean-like beliefs have been found to persist in students even though these views differ from orthodox physics views. (KR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Force, Foreign Countries
Stead, Keith; Osborne, Roger – 1980
One area explored in the second (in-depth) phase of the Learning in Science Project was "children's science," defined as views of the world and the meanings for words that children have and bring with them to science lessons. The investigation reported focuses on students' thinking regarding their views on friction. Students (N=47) were…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development
