Teaching about radioactivity and ionising radiation: an alternative approach

1990/11/01 by Robin Millar, Kees Klaassen, Harrie Eijkelhof · 2 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Psychology · #Computer science #Engineering #Engineering ethics #Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies #Ionizing radiation #Irradiation #Mathematics education #Nuclear physics #Physics #Psychology

paper · doi:10.1088/0031-9120/25/6/310

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Abstract

This article reviews children's ideas about radiation and radioactivity and identifies several common areas of misunderstanding. A new approach to teaching the topic at school level, which seeks specifically to address these known difficulties, is then proposed and outlined.

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