The force concept inventory as a measure of students conceptual coherence

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 719-740

  Savinainen, Antti ^a   Viiri, Jouni ^b  

^a Kuopio Lyseo High School   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conceptual coherence; Force concept inventory; Multiple representations; Newton's laws; Teaching force

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849114098     PISSN: 15710068     EISSN: 15731774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10763-007-9103-x     Document Type: Article

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