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written by Dewey Dykstra and Dale R. Sweet
This is a cost-free version of a research article relating to student understanding of motion in grades 4, 6, and 8. Methods of physics education research were applied to find what kinds of changes in 4th, 6th, and 8th grade student understanding of motion can occur and at what age. Prior to and after instruction the students were asked to carefully describe several demonstrated accelerated motions. Most pre-instruction descriptions were of the direction of motion only. After instruction, many more of the students gave descriptions of the motion as continuously changing. Student responses to the diagnostic and to the activity materials revealed the presence of a third "snapshot" view of motion not discussed in the literature. The 4th and 6th grade students gave similar pre-instructional descriptions of the motion, but the 4th grade students did not exhibit the same degree of change in descriptions after instruction. Our findings suggest that students as early as 6th grade can develop changes in ideas about motion needed to construct Newtonian-like ideas about force.
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Classical Mechanics
- Motion in One Dimension
- Motion in Two Dimensions
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- Cognition
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- Pedagogy
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General Physics
- Physics Education Research
- Middle School
- Elementary School
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© 2009 Dewey Dykstra, American Journal of Physics
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PER, accelerated motion, constructivism, kinematics education, misconceptions, motion concepts, motion research, student concepts, understanding motion
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D. Dykstra and D. Sweet, (2009), WWW Document, (https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1009&context=physics_facpubs).
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D. Dykstra and D. Sweet, Conceptual Development About Motion and Force in Elementary and Middle School Students (2009), <https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1009&context=physics_facpubs>.
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Dykstra, D., & Sweet, D. (2011, June 30). Conceptual Development About Motion and Force in Elementary and Middle School Students. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1009&context=physics_facpubs
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Dykstra, Dewey, and Dale Sweet. Conceptual Development About Motion and Force in Elementary and Middle School Students. June 30, 2011. https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1009&context=physics_facpubs (accessed 29 March 2024).
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Dykstra, Dewey, and Dale Sweet. Conceptual Development About Motion and Force in Elementary and Middle School Students. 2009. 30 June 2011. 29 Mar. 2024 <https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1009&context=physics_facpubs>.
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@misc{ Author = "Dewey Dykstra and Dale Sweet", Title = {Conceptual Development About Motion and Force in Elementary and Middle School Students}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {29 March 2024}, Month = {June 30, 2011}, Year = {2009} }
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