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Direct linkHassani, Sadri – European Journal of Physics, 2008
Students learn new abstract concepts best when these concepts are connected through a well-designed analogy, to familiar ideas. Since the concept of the relativistic spacetime distance is highly abstract, it would be desirable to connect it to the familiar Euclidean distance, but present the latter in such a way that it makes a transparent contact…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Measurement Techniques, Heuristics
