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ERIC Number: EJ591955
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0926-7220
Can We Speak of Alternative Frameworks and Conceptual Change in Mechanics?
Rowlands, Stuart; Graham, Ted; Berry, John
Science and Education, v8 n3 p241-71 May 1999
Discusses the various conflicting trends in mechanics education that have appeared over the past two decades, especially as related to conceptual change teaching and learning. Proposes the theory of schemata as a means to resolve the conflict that exists within the literature. Contains 82 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Higher Education, Mechanics (Physics), Misconceptions, Physics, Schemata (Cognition), Science Education History, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Change Theory of Knowledge; Newtonian Mechanics; Vygotsky (Lev S)