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Papageorgiou, George; Stamovlasis, Dimitrios; Johnson, Philip – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
One hundred and thirty Greek primary school teachers participated in a study, where the effectiveness of a specially designed intervention on chemical changes was tested. The study took place in the wider context of an in-service training course where the key feature was an innovative approach based on the concept of a substance and its…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Intervention, Elementary Schools, Misconceptions
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Stamovlasis, Dimitrios; Papageorgiou, George – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2012
In this study, pupils' understanding of chemical change was investigated in relation to two cognitive variables: logical thinking and field-dependence/field-independence. The participants (N = 99) were sixth-grade elementary school pupils (aged 11/12), which were involved in two different tasks related to combustion. The pupils were tested for…
Descriptors: Evidence, Primary Education, Path Analysis, Logical Thinking