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ERIC Number: EJ570981
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
A Study of Science-in-the-Making as Students Generate an Analogy for Electricity.
Cosgrove, Mark
International Journal of Science Education, v17 n3 p295-310 1995
Reports on a case study in which students identify their diverse views on electric current and design a critical test to discriminate amongst those views. Employs a two-part model that differentiates charge from the agent causing it to move. Contains 43 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Electricity, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Physics, Science Education, Science Experiments, Student Research, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia