| Journal Call no. | L64.N45 |
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| Author | Lo, Lam Fat. |
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| Article Title | Students' misconceptions in solving mechanics problems / Lo Lam Fat and Auyeung Po See. |
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| Is Part Of | New horizons ; no.36, Nov 1995, p.58-62, illus. |
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| Abstract | The present study is intended to investigate further into the nature of students' misconceptions in solving mechanics problems by giving a misconception test to 70 secondary-5 students in a government-subsidized school of average ability. The results from analyzing all item responses show that (1) various misconcepts in mechanics exist ranging from the lowest of 21% to the highest of 96% of students committing a particular misconcept; and (2) high-ability group has significantly less misconcepts than average-ability and low-ability groups, while the latter two groups are not significantly different in the number of misconcepts committed. |
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