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ERIC Number: EJ580446
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Examining Science Tools as Mediators of Students' Learning about Circuits.
Carter, Glenda; Westbrook, Susan L.; Thompkins, Cheryl D.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v36 n1 p89-105 Jan 1999
Uses a Vygotskian framework to examine students' (n=26) use of tools in a ninth-grade physical science classroom during a unit on electric circuits. Indicates that conceptual progress may be hindered by students' need to first understand the tools in terms of everyday application. Advocates selection of laboratory tools and activities that match students' zone of proximal development and everyday experiences. Contains 37 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Electric Circuits, Electricity, Group Activities, Laboratory Equipment, Learning Processes, Science Education, Science Laboratories, Secondary Education, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Tools; Vygotsky (Lev S); Zone of Proximal Development