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ERIC Number: EJ273355
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Jan
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Getting the Facts Straight.
Minstrell, Jim
Science Teacher, v50 n1 p52-54 Jan 1983
Focusing on student misconceptions in science, indicates that student enter classes with their own conceptual structure for organizing/understanding the world and that after instruction the conceptual understanding of a topic remains unchanged. Techniques related to teaching concepts are discussed, including identification of students' initial conceptions. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Misconceptions