id: 02367914
dt: a
an: 2006b.01278
au: Rowlands, Stuart; Graham, Ted
ti: What is conceptual change in mechanics?
so: Hewitt, Dave et al., Research proceedings of the British Society for
    Research into Learning Mathematics. Vol. 25 (1). ,. 144-151 (2005).
py: 2005
pu: ,
la: EN
cc: M50 D70 C70
ut: mechanics; conceptual change; misconceptions
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ab: Although conceptual change theory is a vast and well-established field of
    research and has provided many insights into the nature of student
    intuitive ideas, especially in mechanics, nevertheless it is still not
    clear as to what these intuitive ideas are and what happens when these
    ideas are supposed to change. With reference to schema theory, this
    paper sets forth the argument that intuitive ideas of force are not
    pre-formed but arise spontaneously in response to considering force and
    motion within its scientific context for the first time. This paper
    also puts forward the argument that we may have no choice but to look
    at pre-instructed concepts through the lens of the subject as a system
    of well-defined concepts. (orig.)
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