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ERIC Number: EJ301700
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1984
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The Role of Conceptual Conflict in Conceptual Change and the Design of Science Instruction.
Hewson, Peter W.; Hewson, Mariana G. A'Beckett
Instructional Science, v13 n1 p1-13 May 1984
Reviews literature on conceptual conflict as facilitator of student learning and alternative conceptions, describes theories explaining occurence of alternative conceptions and conflict role in conceptual change, discusses a model of learning as conceptual change and its instructional implications, and presents results of studies which apply the model to science instruction. (MBR)
Descriptors: Change, Computer Software, Concept Formation, Conflict, Educational Strategies, Epistemology, Instructional Design, Learning Theories, Literature Reviews, Models, Science Instruction
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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