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ERIC Number: EJ551147
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0045-0855
Probing Students' Non-Scientific Conceptions: A New Tool for Conventional and Action-Research in Science Teaching.
Rowell, Jack A.; Dawson, Chris; Madsen, Peter
Australian Science Teachers Journal, v39 n1 p62-68 Mar 1993
Argues that current testing of student understanding provides insufficient information to a researcher investigating strategies for changing students' explanatory ideas. Outlines a new test based on recent work in child development. (DDR)
Descriptors: Action Research, Attitudes, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Concept Formation, Educational Researchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions, Science Teachers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia