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ERIC Number: EJ531481
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Large-Scale Exploration of Pupils' Understanding of the Nature of Science.
Solomon, Joan; And Others
Science Education, v80 n5 p493-508 Sep 1996
Explores pupils' (n=800) ideas about what scientists do, their more general knowledge about theories and how they change, and their impressions of how theory and experiment interact in the school science that they have experienced. Discusses teacher and out-of-school effects, gender, school work, and development with age. Contains 22 references. (JRH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Science Experiments, Scientific Methodology, Scientists, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes, Teacher Influence, Theories
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Nature of Science; United Kingdom