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Joan Solomon
Fourth-year students in eight classes were tested over a three-year period to determine the ease or difficulty with which they learned the conservation principle. A major focus was on ideas they held about the nature of energy before beginning the course. Results and implications for physics instruction are presented.
Physics Education: Volume 20, Issue 4, Pages 165-170
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