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ERIC Number: EJ384780
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Response to Contradiction: Scientific Reasoning during Adolescence.
Burbules, Nicholas C.; Linn, Marcia C.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v80 n1 p67-75 Mar 1988
How students restructured their scientific ideas in response to contradictions was studied with 166 male and female students (aged 12 to 14 years) who tested their predictions about water displacement by experiment. Conceptual change varied; all subjects tended to hold onto old ideas, even when presented with conflicting information. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Junior High School Students, Misconceptions, Problem Solving, Science Instruction, Scientific and Technical Information, Scientific Concepts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Contradictions; Scientific Thinking