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ERIC Number: EJ446445
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
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A Cross-Age Study of Student Understanding of the Concept of Diffusion.
Westbrook, Susan L.; Marek, Edmund A.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v28 n8 p649-60 Oct 1991
Examines seventh grade life science students, tenth grade biology students, and college zoology students for understanding of the concept of diffusion. Describes the differences among the grade levels in sound or partial understanding, misconceptions, and no understanding. Discusses the effect of developmental level on understanding. (KR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages, Diffusion (Physics), Higher Education, Misconceptions, Science Education, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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