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ERIC Number: EJ643853
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
What's in a Name? Young Adolescents' Implicit Conceptions of Invention.
Plucker, Jonathan A.
Science Education, v86 n2 p149-60 Mar 2002
Investigates 55 6th grade students' conceptions of "invention and patent processes". Suggests that students have few or simplistic conceptions of invention and patent processes and prior exposure to invention instruction, or previous experiences with inventing did not appear to have an impact on students' conceptions of invention. (Contains 70 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Art, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Inventions, Middle Schools, Patents, Problem Solving, Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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