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ERIC Number: EJ566782
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0157-244X
Examining the Social and Scientific Roles of Invention in Science Education.
Calabrese-Barton, Angela
Research in Science Education, v28 n1 p133-51 1998
Examines the multiple uses and definitions of invention in science to develop a theory of invention and inventive acts around themes related to invention as a social act, invention as a recursive and socially linked process, and invention as an embodied agency. Contains 56 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Inventions, Science and Society, Science Education, Science History, Scientific Methodology, Scientists
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue: Science and Technology Studies and Science Education.