Readiness to change the conception that "motion-implies-force": A comparison of 12-year-old and 16-year-old students

Science Education

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 317-331

  Palmer, David H ^a   Flanagan, Ross B ^a  

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EID: 0031534340     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199706)81:3<317::AID-SCE4>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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