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ERIC Number: EJ450690
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
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The Social Construction of Scientific Concepts or the Concept Map as Conscription Device and Tool for Social Thinking in High School Science.
Roth, Wolff-Michael; Roychoudhury, Anita
Science Education, v76 n5 p531-57 Sep 1992
Describes the practice of concept mapping, the student-student and student-teacher interactions, and cognitive activity occurring in participants. Authors conclude that concept mapping is an excellent activity that allows students to engage in extended science discourse. The maps provide students with a means to learn the language patterns of science and construct scientific knowledge. (57 references) (PR)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Concept Mapping, Discourse Analysis, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Physics, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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