We investigated the knowledge of gravity possessed by flrst-year physics students at Monash University. Since the investigation took place in the first week of the 1980 lecture year, and the students had not had time to be affected by the university instruction, they can be taken as representatives of the complete range of Victorian schools, together with a few from interstate and a more substantial number from Malaysia. Nearly all had sat for the Victorian HSC examination in 1979.
Date
01/01/1980
Citation
Gunstone, R. F., & White, R. T. (1980). A matter of gravity. Research in Science Education, 10(1), 35–44. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02356307
