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    Pendulums, Pedagogy, and Matter: Lessons from the Editing of Newton’s Principia

    Teaching Newtonian physics involves the replacement of students’ ideas about physical situations with precise concepts appropriate for mathematical applications. This paper focuses on the concepts of ‘matter’ ...

    Zvi Biener, Chris Smeenk in The Pendulum (2005)

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    Pendulums, Pedagogy, and Matter: Lessons from the Editing of Newton's Principia

    Teaching Newtonian physics involves the replacementof students' ideas about physical situations with precise conceptsappropriate for mathematical applications. This paper focuses on theconcepts of `matter' and...

    Zvi Biener, Chris Smeenk in Science & Education (2004)