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ERIC Number: EJ317458
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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The Interaction of Audio-Tutorial Instruction with Student Prior Knowledge: A Proposed Qualitative, Case-Study Methodology.
Pines, A. Leon; Novak, Joseph D.
Science Education, v69 n2 p213-28 Apr 1985
Propositions expressed by students during interviews prior to and after audiovisual instruction served as the basis for Concept Propositional Analysis (CPA) to assess cognitive structure. CPAs for two students are reported and aspects of Ausubelian principles are discussed. The method showed that new learning can be linked to previous misconceptions. (DH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Interviews, Knowledge Level, Research Methodology, Science Education, Science Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Misconceptions; Science Education Research
Note: Paper presented at the 51st Annual Meetings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (Toronto, Canada, 1978).