The Public Understanding of Pendulum Motion: From 5 to 88 Years Old

摘要: This paper describes life-span development of understanding about pendulum motion and effects school science. The subjects were 2,766 people ranging from kindergartners up to 88 years senior citizens. conflict consensus between children their parent’s also analyzed. kindergartner’s understanding, mostly non-scientific, made a marked developmental change another type non-scientific by the time they reach G 4. Parents with scientific do not presumably nurture scientifically minded children, even though half them can apply conceptions that shorter pendulums swing faster, amplitude speed depend on its weight. There seems be around fifties. It is suggested in public become predominant due educational intervention through