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Diagnosing and Altering Three Aristotelian Alternative Conceptions in Dynamics: Microcomputer Simulations of Scientific Models.
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Weller, Herman G. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995
Investigated a microcomputer-based system for the diagnosis and remediation of three Aristotelian alternative conceptions of force and motion held by eighth-grade physical science students. Reports that computer simulations exemplifying canonical conceptions facilitate alteration of students' naive conceptions to a significant degree. Suggests…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Force, Grade 8, Microcomputers
The Effect of Real-Time Laboratory Graphing on Learning Graphic Representations of Distance and Velocity.
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Brasell, Heather – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1987
Discusses a study which assessed the effect of a brief kinematics unit on: (1) students' ability to translate between a physical event and the graphic representation of it, and; (2) the effect of real-time on graphing skills. Reports the success of the use of a microcomputer-based laboratory with graphing velocity and distance. (ML)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Distance, Educational Technology