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ERIC Number: EJ341805
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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A Study of Consistency in the Use of Students' Conceptual Frameworks Across Different Task Contexts.
Clough, Elizabeth Engel; Driver, Rosalind
Science Education, v70 n4 p473-96 Jul 1986
Explores the issue of the consistency of use of students' conceptions across different tasks which probed understandings of aspects of pressure, heat, and biological evolution. Findings indicate that children have alternative frameworks for all investigated areas. (ML)
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Evolution, Heat, Learning Theories, Physical Sciences, Pressure (Physics), Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Alternative Conceptions; Science Education Research