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A qualifying paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Science Education. Abstract: The purpose of this review is to identify the challenges facing secondary teachers of physics, to explore the most common instructional methods currently in use and to propose future research that will lean heavily on the use of peer collaboration to foster ... read morestrong conceptual change. Through this review, I will argue that: (1) Strong conceptual change or restructuring is needed for high school students to develop as Newtonian thinkers; ( 2) Peer-to-peer verbal interactions may have an important role to play in this process; (3) Combined quantitative and qualitative studies, at the secondary level, are needed to contribute to our understanding of this process for students enrolled in introductory physics courses; and (4) Careful analysis of interaction transcripts will be necessary to inform our understanding of the mechanism involved in conceptual restructuring in this setting.read less
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