Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ544984
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Children's Reasoning about the Interaction of Forces.
Pauen, Sabina
Child Development, v67 n6 p2728-42 Dec 1996
First through fourth graders and adults judged the effect of two forces pulling simultaneously at one object by predicting the direction of the resultant force. Found that children took into account either the direction or the amount of both forces and that performance improved with age. (BC)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Force, Foreign Countries, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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