Determining the Intra-Personal Meaning of "Regulation" and "Equilibrium" by Means of Analyses of Subjects' Associate Fields.

Jungwirth, Ehud

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ERIC Number: EJ349827

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Publication Date: 1986

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Determining the Intra-Personal Meaning of "Regulation" and "Equilibrium" by Means of Analyses of Subjects' Associate Fields.

Jungwirth, Ehud

Research in Science and Technological Education, v4 n2 p117-26 1986

Describes the method used to probe students' associative meaning of the concepts of regulation and equilibrium. Results from students of grades 6, 9, and 11 and student teachers of biology indicated that a discrepancy exists between connotative meanings and cultural, standardized meanings. (ML)

Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Biology, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Science Education, Science Teachers, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Student Teachers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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