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Peer reviewedMaloney, David P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1985
Investigated methods science and nonscience majors use to make predictions about five situations involving the conservation of mechanical energy. Two findings, among others, show that subjects did not employ identifiable strategies in over 97 percent of the cases and show differences in the way majors and nonmajors worked the problems given.…
Descriptors: College Science, Energy, Energy Conservation, Energy Education
