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Direct linkPalmer, David H. – Science Education, 2003
The aim of this study was to identify the type of conceptual change (assimilation or accommodation) that can be induced by a refutational text. Individual interviews were carried out with a stratified sample of eighty-seven grade 9 students. Forty-four percent of them were found to have a misconception about the concept of ecological role--they…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Concept Formation, Misconceptions, Metacognition
