Chiew Hwa Poon
Abstract
The concept of interaction that underlies Newton's Laws of Motion is compared with the students' commonsense ideas of force and motion. An approach to teaching Newton's Third Law of Motion is suggested that focuses on refining the student's intuitive thinking on the nature of interaction.
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The concept of interaction that underlies Newton's Laws of Motion is compared with the students' commonsense ideas of force and motion. An approach to teaching Newton's Third Law of Motion is suggested that focuses on refining the student's intuitive thinking on the nature of interaction.
Key concepts: Motion (physics), Newton's laws of motion, Third law, Refining (metallurgy), Mathematics education, Law, Sociology, Mathematics