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ERIC Number: EJ523674
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Representation of the Conceptual Change Model in Science Teacher Education.
Thorley, N. Richard; Stofflett, Rene T.
Science Education, v80 n3 p317-39 Jun 1996
Analyzes key concepts of the conceptual change model: intelligibility, plausibility, and fruitfulness, together with conceptions of learning as conceptual change and the nature of conceptual change teaching. Organizes representations of these around a framework developed for representing scientific conceptions in terms of verbal and symbolic definitions, images, exemplars, and analogies/metaphors. Discusses implications for teacher education. Contains 46 references. (JRH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Teachers, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Change