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Peer reviewedGauld, Colin – Science and Education, 1998
Compares the ideas of young people about Newton's third law, focusing on youth of today and youth of the 17th and 18th centuries. Examines the use of Newton's third law in understanding impact phenomena in the 17th and 18th centuries. Contains 46 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation
Peer reviewedVillani, Alberto; Arruda, Sergio M. – Science and Education, 1998
Analyzes the problem students have in learning the Theory of Relativity. Points out that the results of the study are ambiguous and intriguing. Describes the publication of Lorentz's Transformation Equations, the presentation of two postulates by Einstein, and the rejection of the Electron Theory and the final acceptance of the Theory of…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation, Physics
Peer reviewedGomez, Enrique Jimenez; Duran, Eugenio Fernandez – Science and Education, 1998
Analyzes didactic problems related to the inseparability of electric charge from the mass, the impossibility of its direct observation, and the meaning associated with the basic concepts of electricity. Contains 44 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Electricity, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedChalmers, Alan – Science and Education, 1998
Outlines and defends claims about the metaphysical nature of the theory of Democritus; the modified theories of Gassendi, Boyle, and Newton; and the chemical atomic theory of John Dalton. (DDR)
Descriptors: Atomic Theory, Chemistry, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBlanco, Rafael; Niaz, Mansoor – Science and Education, 1998
Reconstructs students' and teachers' understanding of the structure of the atom based on a framework characterized by considering the history of science as competing research programs and by believing that some great scientific research programs progress on inconsistent foundations. Contains 107 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Atomic Structure, Atomic Theory, Chemistry, Concept Formation
