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ERIC Number: EJ482234
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
A Challenge to Conceptual Change.
Linder, Cedric J.
Science Education, v77 n3 p292-300 Jun 1993
Argues that, by not considering examples drawn from students' everyday lives, a teacher is detracting from science itself. A challenge is made to Conceptual Change Learning Model advocates and users to embrace the idea of conceptual fitting based upon context as well as conceptual change when considering how students learn. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Misconceptions, Physics, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Change Theory of Knowledge