Electricity and Magnetism | Energy and Thermal Physics

Pathways through the topic Electricity and Energy

Teaching Guidance for 14-16 Supporting Physics Teaching

Electricity and Energy pathways
Electricity and Magnetism | Energy and Thermal Physics Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Some younger pupils hold a 'consumer-source' model of the simple circuit

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RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Students often struggle to define 'electricity' precisely

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RESEARCH REVIEW Electricity and Magnetism

Among lower secondary pupils, many are slow to adopt the idea of magnetic poles and only gradually come to see magnetic effects in terms of attraction of unlike poles and repulsion of like poles

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