The Beginnings of Energy in Third Graders’ Reasoning

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written by Jennifer Radoff, Fred Goldberg, David Hammer, and Sharon Fargason

We present snippets of third-graders discussing ideas about energy as part of their considering and comparing different ways to make a toy car start moving. This case study illustrates a "responsive curriculum" approach to coordinating inquiry- and traditional content-oriented objectives in early science education.

Physics Education Research Conference 2010
Part of the PER Conference series
Portland, Oregon: July 21-22, 2010
Volume 1289, Pages 269-272

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Published: August 24, 2010

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Classical Mechanics - Work and Energy Education - Applied Research - Active Learning = Inquiry Learning - Curriculum Development	- Elementary School - Lower Undergraduate - Upper Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Report = Research study

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Restriction:: © 2010 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.3515220
NSF Number:: 0732233
Keywords:: inquiry, responsive curriculum, PERC 2010, energy
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created November 3, 2010 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: February 11, 2019 by Sam McKagan
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 24, 2010

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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=10474">Radoff, J, F. Goldberg, D. Hammer, and S. Fargason. "The Beginnings of Energy in Third Graders’ Reasoning." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010.</a>

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J. Radoff, F. Goldberg, D. Hammer, and S. Fargason, The Beginnings of Energy in Third Graders’ Reasoning, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, 2010, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10474&DocID=1930>.

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Radoff, J., Goldberg, F., Hammer, D., & Fargason, S. (2010, July 21-22). The Beginnings of Energy in Third Graders’ Reasoning. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon. Retrieved December 4, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10474&DocID=1930

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Radoff, J, F. Goldberg, D. Hammer, and S. Fargason. "The Beginnings of Energy in Third Graders’ Reasoning." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10474&DocID=1930 (accessed 4 December 2024).

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Radoff, Jennifer, Fred Goldberg, David Hammer, and Sharon Fargason. "The Beginnings of Energy in Third Graders’ Reasoning." Physics Education Research Conference 2010. Portland, Oregon: 2010. 269-272 Vol. 1289 of PER Conference. 4 Dec. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10474&DocID=1930>.

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