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Direct linkAtkin, Keith – Physics Education, 2015
The current use of two sets of units in the UK continues to be a source of muddle and confusion. Young people are taught metric (SI) units in school but, in the outside world, still have to contend with units such as inches, feet, pounds, stones and miles. Specialist teachers and practitioners of the sciences are not blameless. This paper…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Metric System, Educational Change
Bowen, Gordon – Building Research, 1974
(A paper presented at Building Institute Conference, Washington, D.C., Nov. 27, 1973.) (Author)
Descriptors: Construction Industry, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Metric System
Lighthill, M. J.; And Others – 1970
Although this pamphlet is intended as background material for teachers in English primary schools changing to the System International d'Unites (SI units), the form of the metric system being adopted by the United Kingdom, the educational implications of the change and the lists of apparatus suitable for use with children up to 14 years of age are…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science, Instruction, Metric System
