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ERIC Number: EJ474975
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0047-231X
The Necessity of Error.
Drake, Lon
Journal of College Science Teaching, v23 n2 p113-16 Nov 1993
Explains that trial and error learning is an important way for children and adults to learn. Open-ended activities have great opportunities for error and eventual feedback for error reduction. (PR)
Descriptors: College Science, Error Correction, Feedback, Higher Education, Learning Processes, Science Activities, Science Education, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Open Ended Investigations