Research evidence suggests that many students at this age and older still hold a number of alternative conceptions about particles which prove difficult to extinguish. Contrasting student and scientific viewsĬontrasting student and scientific views Student everyday experiencesĪt this level, students are expected to 'explain the behaviour and properties of materials in terms of their constituent particles and the forces holding them together’ (VELS standards Level 6). However, the fact that students may be able to draw the usual static arrangements of particles in solids, liquids and gases does not mean that they hold a fully particulate view of matter.
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