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ERIC Number: EJ652708
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-0145
A Lakatosian Framework To Analyze Situations of Cognitive Conflict and Controversy in Students' Understanding of Heat Energy and Temperature.
Laburu, Carlos Eduardo; Niaz, Mansoor
Journal of Science Education and Technology, v11 n3 p211-19 Sep 2002
Analyzes (n=32) Brazilian secondary school students' interactions (conflicts, controversies, and arguments) as they participate in an intact 9th grade classroom activity designed to facilitate their understanding of heat energy and temperature. Reports that the differentiation between heat energy and temperature constitutes considerable difficulties for students. (Contains 63 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Energy, Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Heat, Physical Sciences, Science Education, Secondary Education, Temperature
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Brazil; Cognitive Conflict; Conceptual Change