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ERIC Number: EJ578429
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
The Nature of Students' Informal Science Conceptions.
Tytler, Russell
International Journal of Science Education, v20 n8 p901-27 Sep-Oct 1998
Finds that children are naturally generative in their construction of explanations but that they use conceptions in quite complex and fluid ways. Argues that naive conceptions maintain a valuable function. Contains 43 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories, Misconceptions, Prior Learning, Science Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Air Pressure; Australia; Explanations