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ERIC Number: EJ602387
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0045-0855
Assessing and Developing the Concept of Negative Experimental Results in Science Teachers.
Yip, Din-yan
Australian Science Teachers' Journal, v45 n4 p35-41 Nov 1999
Discusses a study that revealed that science teachers, like their students, are capable of handling positive experimental results but fail to evaluate negative results appropriately. Describes a teaching strategy designed to help teachers develop an understanding of the concept of negative results and to apply the idea to different contexts. (Contains 15 references.) (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Misconceptions, Science Process Skills, Science Teachers, Scientific Methodology, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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