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Peer reviewedThacker, Beth Ann – American Journal of Physics, 2003
Interviews university students in modern physics about their understanding of three fundamental experiments. Explores their development of models of microscopic processes. Uses interactive demonstrations to probe student understanding of modern physics experiments in two high school physics classes. Analyzes the nature of students' models and the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
