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ERIC Number: EJ615609
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
The Central Role of Fallacious Thinking in Science Education.
Zeidler, Dana L.
Science Education, v81 n4 p483-96 Jul 1997
Presents a model of conceptual change from a social constructivist perspective by examining the fallacious argumentation and discourse patterns revealed by students as they form scientific and social judgments. Provides a framework that will allow science educators to examine samples of thought related to social thinking. (Contains 47 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Critical Thinking, Models, Science Education, Scientific Literacy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Change