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ERIC Number: EJ512600
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0157-244X
Making Sense of Students' Science: The Construction of a Model of Tinkering.
Parsons, Sharon
Research in Science Education, v25 n2 p203-19 1995
Investigated children's conceptualization of scientific phenomena and intuitive methods learned from their everyday experiences. Explores the nature of tinkering within the context of electricity. Presents a model of tinkering that provides a conceptual framework for the interpretation of tinkering as one of the methods students use to make sense of their everyday experiences. (30 references) (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Electricity, Intuition, Models, Physics, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Science Education Research