| authors | Westra, A.S. |
| source | Natuur- en Sterrenkunde Proefschriften (2006) |
| full text | [Full text]
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| publisher | Utrecht University |
| document type | Dissertation |
| disciplines | Natuur- en Sterrenkunde |
| abstract | In this thesis a research project is described that took place from 2000 until 2004 in the Centre for Science and Mathematics Education in Utrecht. It involves a didactical research into the teaching and learning of an introduction to mechanics for fourth grade pre-university level students (Dutch: 4 VWO). Many people consider mechanics as an important part of physics, well worth teaching and learning, but also as a topic in which many difficulties in learning and understanding surface. The aims of the research are to contribute to a further understanding of these difficulties and to point in the direction of possible solutions. |
| keywords | design research, mechanics education, explanatory scheme, problem posing |
