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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Pupils and Paradigms: A Review of Literature Related to Concept Development in Adolescent Science Students
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Driver, Rosalind; Easley, Jack – Studies in Science Education, 1978
Reviews nearly 100 studies concerning the process of concept formation in adolescent science students. (CP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Elementary School Science
A Constructivist Approach to Curriculum Development in Science.
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Driver, Rosalind; Oldham, Valerie – Studies in Science Education, 1986
Reviews the purposes, underlying assumptions, and curriculum development model for the United Kingdom's "Children's Learning in Science Project." Explains the general features and phases of the constructivist approach to learning that the program advocates. Identifies theoretical developments on children's ideas, the constructivist view of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education