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ERIC Number: EJ605629
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
Learners' Knowledge in Optics: Interpretation, Structure and Analysis.
Galili, Igal; Hazan, Amnon
International Journal of Science Education, v22 n1 p57-88 Jan 2000
Explores high school students' and preservice teachers' knowledge of light, vision, and related topics before and after commonly practiced instruction. Suggests a hierarchical structure to represent the collective conceptual knowledge of students and teachers in terms of facets and schemes of knowledge. Makes suggestions for designing instruction to more effectively address patterns of alternative knowledge about optics. (Contains 83 references.) (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Knowledge Level, Light, Misconceptions, Optics, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Vision
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Israel