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ERIC Number: EJ440129
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0263-5143
Diagnostic Teaching in the Classroom: Teaching/Learning Strategies to Promote Development in Understanding about Conservation of Mass on Dissolving.
Johnston, Kate; Scott, Philip
Research in Science and Technological Education, v9 n2 p193-212 1991
An intervention study with 12- to 13-year-old students which attempts to move students' thinking about matter and the dissolving process toward the school science view by use of activities and group discussion tasks which directly address some of the thinking underlying students' prior ideas is described. Students responses to the strategies employed are discussed. (KR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Development, Diagnostic Teaching, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Learning Strategies, Matter, Misconceptions, Science Education, Secondary Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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