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ERIC Number: EJ613659
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Development of Knowledge about Electricity and Magnetism during a Visit to a Science Museum and Related Post-Visit Activities.
Anderson, David; Lucas, Keith B.; Ginns, Ian S.; Dierking, Lynn D.
Science Education, v84 n4 n5 p658-79 Sep 2000
Reports on part of a larger study of how 11- and 12-year-old students construct knowledge of electricity and magnetism by drawing on aspects of their experiences during the course of a school visit to an interactive science museum and subsequent classroom activities linked to the science museum exhibits. (Contains 24 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Mapping, Electricity, Elementary Education, Field Trips, Learning Experience, Learning Strategies, Magnets, Museums, Physics, Science Activities, Science Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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