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ERIC Number: EJ473474
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Students' Understanding of Light and Its Properties: Teaching to Engender Conceptual Change.
Fetherstonhaugh, T.; Treagust, D. F.
Science Education, v76 n6 p653-72 Nov 1992
This research assessed Australian high school students' understanding of light, developed materials to conceptual change with respect to the concept, and evaluated the effectiveness of teaching strategies utilizing the materials. After instruction, students were able to construct significantly more scientifically acceptable answers. An appendix includes a sample instructional module. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Modules, Light, Schemata (Cognition), Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia; Conceptual Change