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ERIC Number: EJ324401
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1985
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Secondary Students' Conceptions of the Conduction of Heat: Bringing Together Scientific and Personal Views.
Clough, Elizabeth Engel; Driver, Rosalind
Physics Education, v20 n4 p176-82 Jul 1985
Describes main features of students' thinking about heat and temperature (developed before formal science teaching) and results of a study that shows that many notions about heat/temperature used by younger children are still apparent in the thinking of older students. The study involved interviews with 84 students in three age groups. (JN)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Heat, Physics, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Temperature
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
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