Comparing three methods for teaching Newton’s third law

Although guided-inquiry methods for teaching introductory physics have been individually shown to be more effective at improving conceptual understanding than traditional lecture-style instruction, researchers in physics education have not studied differences among reform-based curricula in much det...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Trevor I. Smith, Michael C. Wittmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2007-10-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.3.020105