The scientific role of hypotheses and the reasoning of college students in physics problem solving

This paper attempts to explore how freshmen college students in engineering state hypoteses to build their own problem solving structure when dealing with physics problems. From the constructivist perspective of the teaching and learning process hypotheses stating plays a fundamental role to check t...

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Main Authors: Jenaro Guisasola, Mikel Ceberio, José Luis Zubimendi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2003-08-01
Series:Investigações em Ensino de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID105/v8_n3_a2003.pdf