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ERIC Number: EJ651141
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0926-7220
Space Scale: Models in the History of Science and Students' Mental Models.
Feigenberg, Josef; Lavrik, Lea Valentina; Shunyakov, Vladimir
Science and Education, v11 n4 p377-92 Jul 2002
Addresses the problem of relating distance and scale by way of alternative models of perception taken from the history of science. Makes specific suggestions to broaden the scientifically-based actual activity zone of students. (Contains 19 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Physics, Problem Solving, Science History, Science Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Israel; Mental Models