Schematic Concepts for Schematic Models of the Real World: The Newtonian Concept of Force.

Halloun, Ibrahim

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ERIC Number: EJ564565

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Schematic Concepts for Schematic Models of the Real World: The Newtonian Concept of Force.

Halloun, Ibrahim

Science Education, v82 n2 p239-63 Apr 1998

Presents the epistemology of scientific concepts from a schematic modeling perspective. Discusses students' initial cognitive states based on the level of commensurability between students' own concepts and their scientific counterparts. Contains 87 references. (DDR)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Force, Mechanics (Physics), Models, Physics, Prior Learning, Scientific Concepts

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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