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ERIC Number: EJ643870
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Integrating Concept Mapping and the Learning Cycle To Teach Diffusion and Osmosis Concepts to High School Biology Students.
Odom, Arthur L.; Kelly, Paul V.
Science Education, v85 n6 p615-35 Nov 2001
Explores the effectiveness of concept mapping, the learning cycle, expository instruction, and a combination of concept mapping/learning cycle in promoting conceptual understanding of diffusion and osmosis. Concludes that the concept mapping/learning cycle and concept mapping treatment groups significantly outperformed the expository treatment group in conceptual understanding of diffusion and osmosis. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Diffusion (Physics), Learning Processes, Science Education, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Learning Cycle Teaching Method; Osmosis