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ERIC Number: EJ615607
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Conceptions of High School Students Concerning the Internal Structure of Metals and Their Electric Conduction: Structure and Evolution.
De Posada, Jose Maria
Science Education, v81 n4 p445-67 Jul 1997
Explores common schemes used by Spanish 10-12th grade students in concrete and abstract contextual situations to explain the internal structure of metals, the causes of electric conduction of metals, and the nature of this current. Concludes that students' conceptions change progressively as they are exposed to additional relevant information in higher grades. (Contains 66 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Electricity, High Schools, Learning Processes, Metals, Science Education, Scientific Concepts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Change