Flux Concept in Learning about Light: A Critique of the Present Situation.

Galili, Igal; Lavrik, Valentina

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ERIC Number: EJ569270

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Publication Date: 1998

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Flux Concept in Learning about Light: A Critique of the Present Situation.

Galili, Igal; Lavrik, Valentina

Science Education, v82 n5 p591-613 Sep 1998

Investigates high school students' knowledge of natural phenomena related to the concept of light flux as it applies to the seasons and illumination after they studied optics. Discusses didactic, cognitive, and ontological perspectives in relation to specific changes in the science curriculum. Contains 71 references. (DDR)

Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Concept Formation, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, High Schools, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Light, Optics, Philosophy, Physics, Science Curriculum

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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