written by D. J. Wagner and Peter S. Shaffer

Review of prior studies, mostly at the K-12 level, along with long-answer responses and interviews given to undergraduates at Grove City College, have identified over 150 alternate conceptions about buoyancy. In order to probe how prevalent some of these are in the college-age population, we designed and administered multiple-choice and free-response questions to students at both the University of Washington and Grove City College. This paper presents some of those results.

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