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Peer reviewedMaloney, David P. – Science Education, 1988
Investigates several aspects of undergraduate students' rules for projectile motion including general patterns; rules for questions about time, distance, solids and liquids; and changes in rules when asked to ignore air resistance. Reports approach differences by sex and high school physics experience, and that novice rules are situation…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Cognitive Style, College Science, Higher Education
