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The initial knowledge state of college physics students
American Journal of Physics · 1985 · Vol. 53(11) · pp. 1043–1055
Ibrahim A. Halloun✉(Arizona State University)David Hestenes(Arizona State University)
Abstract
An instrument to assess the basic knowledge state of students taking a first course in physics has been designed and validated. Measurements with the instrument show that the student’s initial qualitative, common sense beliefs about motion and causes has a large effect on performance in physics, but conventional instruction induces only a small change in those beliefs.
Science Education and PedagogyEducational Strategies and EpistemologiesAnimal and Plant Science EducationPhysicsPhysics educationMathematics educationState (computer science)Motion (physics)Engineering physicsPsychologyQuantum mechanicsClassical mechanicsComputer science
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