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Columbus: Investigate His Quest.
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Sneider, Cary; And Others – Science and Children, 1992
Uses Columbus' journey to teach science concepts. Reports on a questionnaire for grade 4-8 students (n=279) designed to determine what basic information the students knew about Columbus' journey, peoples' beliefs about the earth at that time, what Columbus discovered, and the effect on Native Americans. Integrated science activities on the size…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary School Science, Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum
It's Time for a Conceptual Change.
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Hausfather, Samuel J. – Science and Children, 1992
Conceptual change teaching is an instructional method that helps students modify, extend, or exchange their alternative conceptions for the appropriate scientific conceptions. Provides activities and a diagnostic test to apply the method to the concepts of heat and temperature. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Concept Formation, Diagnostic Tests