Knowledge integration in student learning of Newton’s third law: Addressing the action-reaction language and the implied causality
Newton’s third law is one of the most important concepts learned early in introductory mechanics courses; however, ample studies have documented a wide range of students’ misconceptions and fragmented understandings of this concept that are difficult to change through traditional instruction. This r...
Main Authors: | Lei Bao, Joseph C. Fritchman |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2021-09-01
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Series: | Physical Review Physics Education Research |
Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.17.020116 |
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