Physics Word Problems as Exemplars for Enculturation.

Boote, David

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ERIC Number: EJ590357

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Physics Word Problems as Exemplars for Enculturation.

Boote, David

For the Learning of Mathematics, v18 n2 p28-33 Jun 1998

Considers the role of word problems in physics education and proposes that word problems serve as exemplars of prototype categories that play a key role in enculturating students into the community of the physics literate. Contains 25 references. (ASK)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Elementary Secondary Education, Physics, Science Instruction, Scientific Enterprise, Teaching Methods, Word Problems (Mathematics)

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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