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ERIC Number: EJ561894
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0157-244X
Causal Reasoning as a Base for Advancing a Systemic Approach To Simple Electrical Circuits.
Barbas, A.; Psillos, D.
Research in Science Education, v27 n3 p445-59 1997
Research on students' causal reasoning was used to design a sequence for teaching electricity. Students' responses suggest that several students, when they construct microscopic mechanisms to explain electrical phenomena, may envision transient states and employ a specific type of causal chain--the iterative one--in addition to simple and linear causal reasoning. Contains 32 references. (Author/PVD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Electricity, Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Physics, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Greece