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The development of the concept of acceleration in elemewtary school children
Author(s) -
Raven Ronald J.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/tea.3660090303
Subject(s) - acceleration , logical reasoning , mathematics education , psychology , computer science , arithmetic , mathematics , physics , classical mechanics
Ninety‐six children from the third grade through the sixth grade were given speed tasks and acceleration tasks. The results of the study suggest that the speed and acceleration tasks that require intensive logical operations could be used by the third and fourth grade children. The data also indicate that the speed and acceleration tasks that use extensive logical operations could be used by some fifth and sixth grade children.