Use of a Computer Simulation To Develop Mental Simulations for Understanding Relative Motion Concepts.

Monaghan, James M.; Clement, John

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ERIC Number: EJ593824

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Use of a Computer Simulation To Develop Mental Simulations for Understanding Relative Motion Concepts.

Monaghan, James M.; Clement, John

International Journal of Science Education, v21 n9 p921-44 Sep 1999

Presents evidence for students' qualitative and quantitative difficulties with apparently simple one-dimensional relative-motion problems, students' spontaneous visualization of relative-motion problems, the visualizations facilitating solution of these problems, and students' memories of the online computer simulation used as a framework for visualization of post-test problems solved off line. Contains 39 references. (Author/WRM)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Simulation, Concept Formation, Memory, Motion, Physics, Problem Solving, Relativity, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Thinking Skills, Visualization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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