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ERIC Number: EJ301857
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Intelligently Wrong: Some Comments on Children's Misconceptions.
Ault, Charles R., Jr.
Science and Children, v21 n8 p22-24 May 1984
Examines the misconceptions of children as indicative of imaginative and perceptive thinking. Anecdotes that illustrate the split between realist and relationalist thinking, and the confusion between fact and metaphor are presented as citations from literary works. (BC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Imagination, Science Education
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Misconceptions