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Situation 14

The slider moves to the left and its velocity is decreasing linearly
(constant acceleration).

Result:

Correct Newtonian answer (A): 7%
Correct Aristotelian answer (E): 29%
(338 students)
Interesting answers:
(A): 8%
(C): 1%
(D): 3%
(F): 2%
(G):7%
(H): 7%
(I): 31%
(K): 5%
(337 students)
Comment:

Again: decreasing velocity to the left - this seems to be different for increasing velocity to the right.
The high percentage of (I) answer again indicates that many of our students do not differentiate between velocity and force.

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