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ERIC Number: EJ349811
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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The Use of Paradoxes as an Instructional Strategy.
Rastovac, John J.; Slavsky, David B.
Journal of College Science Teaching, v16 n2 p113-18 Nov 1986
Describes a study in which paradoxes about seasons, hemispheres, and altitude were used to teach concepts in climatology. The misconceptions commonly held about the earth-sun distance relationship were used as an instructional strategy with an experimental group, which outgained the control group on an achievement test. (TW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Climate, College Science, Earth Science, Heat, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement, Misconceptions, Paradox, Radiation Effects, Science Education, Science Instruction, Solar Energy, Teaching Methods, Temperature, Weather
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research