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ERIC Number: EJ512556
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0157-244X
Snapshots of Uncertainty: A New Tool for the Identification of Students' Conceptions of Scientific Phenomena.
Dawson, Chris J.; Rowell, J. A.
Research in Science Education, v25 n1 p89-100 1995
Described a probe that can assess the learners' understanding of scientific ideas in conditions that do not demand closure on a single interpretation, and where learners can demonstrate certainty or otherwise in several possible alternatives. Can be used in monitoring conceptual change when intuitive understanding of scientific phenomena is to be replaced by the scientific view. (16 references) (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Foreign Countries, High School Students, Misconceptions, Pretesting, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Literacy, Secondary Education, Testing
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Alternative Conceptions; Australia (Adelaide); Science Education Research