16-17 year olds in science lessons

Example: 16-17 year-olds in science lessons:

In relation to converting between units 16-17 year old science students:

• Solve even simple conversion problems in a variety of ways;
• Are usually unsuccessful at conversions involving standard form notation or units with indices;
• Use calculator-based "try-it-and-see" approach to calculating conversions, (usually unsuccessfully);
• Make decisions on whether an answer is correct based on whether they expected the answer to be a "bigger or smaller" number than they started with.