Providing a Contextual Base and a Theoretical Structure To Guide the Teaching of High School Physics.

Stinner, A.

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Publication Date: 1994

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Providing a Contextual Base and a Theoretical Structure To Guide the Teaching of High School Physics.

Stinner, A.

Physics Education, v29 n6 p375-81 Nov 1994

Argues that high school physics should be grounded in motivating contextual activities and connected to a philosophically and historically valid theoretical structure. Explains the large context problem approach and its effect on generating questions and problems. (DDR)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Strategies, Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Inquiry, Philosophy, Physics, Problem Solving, Science History, Secondary Education

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)

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