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Thompson, Alaric – School Science Review, 2016
This article explores some of the common mathematical difficulties that 11- to 16-year-old students experience with respect to their learning of physics. The definition of "understanding" expressed in the article is in the sense of transferability of mathematical skills from topic to topic within physics as well as between the separate…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Skills, Transfer of Training
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Tzanakis, Constantinos; Thomaidis, Yannis – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2000
Describes the different types of reasoning in scientific research activity. Outlines three different but complementary ways to integrate history into the presentation of science. Considers and illustrates the close historical relationship between mathematics and physics. (Contains 50 references.) (ASK)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Elementary Secondary Education, History, Interdisciplinary Approach