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Yeo, Shelley; Zadnik, Marjin – Australian Science Teachers' Journal, 2000
Describes the difficulties that high school and university students have in thinking about force, identifying forces, and drawing force diagrams. Finds that students using a computer tutoring program made limited progress in learning to construct free-body diagrams because of their alternative conceptions and faulty teaching methods. Offers…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Force, Foreign Countries
