Abstract
One particular obstacle to the learning of physics is the fact that most people are not familiar with the discipline and consequently have trouble recognizing concepts and objects specific to it, as compared to concepts and objects in everyday language and experience. This can also apply to physicists.
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Gréa, J., Viard, J. (1995). From Language to Concept Appropriation in Physics. In: Bernardini, C., Tarsitani, C., Vicentini, M. (eds) Thinking Physics for Teaching. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1921-8_7
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