Conceptual Structure in Childhood and Adolescence : The Case of Everyday Physics


Christine. Howe
Bok Engelsk 1998 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
London : : Routledge, , 1998.
Omfang
1 online resource (247 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Everyday physics and conceptual structure; Rationale for a developmental perspective; Heat transfer; Temperature change and childhood theorising; The 'peripheral' case of changes of phase; Propelled motion; Encapsulated knowledge of horizontal motion; Horizontal and vertical motion compared; Object flotation; Flotation in liquids and stage-like progression; Flotation in gases or failure to fall; Conclusion; An action-based theory of conceptual growth; Action-based knowledge in a wider context. - AppendixNotes; References; Index. - Christine Howe addresses both psychological and education concerns relating to pre-instructional conceptions in three broad topics areas: heat and temperature; force and motion; floating and sinking.
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ISBN
0415147298

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