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Peer reviewedFinegold, M.; Gorsky, P. – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
The consistency, if any, with which force concepts are used by individual students in different, but closely related, contexts was investigated. A total of 534 university and high school students were tested to elicit their beliefs about the forces acting on various objects. Students' beliefs about the forces acting on objects at rest and in…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Context Effect
Chee, Chia Teck – 1989
This study was designed to identify students' misconceptions concerning frictional force, and Newton's laws of motion. It was also designed to determine the effectiveness of using instructions based on students' misconceptions to improve the teaching of physics. A pencil-and-paper test was administered to three groups of 16-year-old students:…
Descriptors: Force, Foreign Countries, Mechanics (Physics), Misconceptions
Australian Council for Educational Research, Hawthorn. – 1980
The Physics Unit Tests are designed to assist in the diagnostic evaluation of students' progress in the study of physics during the last two years of secondary schooling. They consist of a collection of 21 separate tests, each related to a different topic, and 21 diagnostic aids corresponding to the tests. The topics covered are: physical…
Descriptors: Atomic Theory, Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests, Electricity
Peer reviewedHestenes, David; Wells, Malcolm – Physics Teacher, 1992
Reports the design of the "Mechanics Baseline Test," an instrument to assess students' understandings about concepts in mechanics. Discusses how comparisons of test results with extensive baseline data can be used to evaluate instruction at all levels. Includes a copy of the instrument. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Structures, Force
Download full textClement, John; And Others – 1989
Three purposes of this study were to: (1) propose some organizing theoretical and observational definitions of the anchor construct; (2) present some initial findings from a diagnostic test designed to uncover anchors for high school physics instruction; and (3) provoke an initial discussion of the new methodological issues that arise in this…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Diagnostic Tests
Peer reviewedHestenes, David; And Others – Physics Teacher, 1992
Reports the rationale, design, validation, and uses of the "Force Concept Inventory," an instrument to assess the students' beliefs on force. Includes results and implications of two studies that compared the inventory with the "Mechanics Baseline." Includes a copy of the instrument. (MDH)
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Beliefs, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Structures
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1991
This guide is one of a set of 10 science guides, each covering a separate grade in Manitoba, together covering kindergarten through grade 9. The guides have been designed to provide a framework for building scientific concepts and developing the learning of process skills. They replace an earlier set of guides dated 1979. Each guide is essentially…
Descriptors: Animals, Chemical Reactions, Curriculum Guides, Earth Science
