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ERIC Number: EJ427675
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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A Survey of Students' Notions of Body Function as Teleologic or Mechanistic.
Richardson, Daniel R.
Advances in Physiology Education, v3 n1 pS8-S10 Jun 1990
Presented are the results of a study of high school and college students concerning their thinking about functions of the human body. It was shown that students' thinking could be positively changed over the short term from teleologic to mechanistic. Sample survey questions are included. (CW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Science, High Schools, Higher Education, Misconceptions, Physiology, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners
Language: English
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