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ERIC Number: EJ514059
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0031-921X
Removing Preconceptions with a "Learning Cycle."
Gang, Su
Physics Teacher, v33 n6 p346-54 Sep 1995
Describes a teaching experiment that uses the Learning Cycle to achieve the reorientation of physics' students conceptual frameworks away from commonsense perspectives toward scientifically rigorous outlooks. Uses Archimedes' principle as the content topic while using the Learning Cycle to remove students' nonscientific preconceptions. (JRH)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inquiry, Learning Processes, Middle Schools, Misconceptions, Physics, Science Instruction, Sciences, Student Centered Curriculum, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Alternative Conceptions; China; Learning Cycle Teaching Method