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ERIC Number: EJ352977
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1986
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A Constructivist Approach to Curriculum Development in Science.
Driver, Rosalind; Oldham, Valerie
Studies in Science Education, v13 p105-22 1986
Reviews the purposes, underlying assumptions, and curriculum development model for the United Kingdom's "Children's Learning in Science Project." Explains the general features and phases of the constructivist approach to learning that the program advocates. Identifies theoretical developments on children's ideas, the constructivist view of learning, and learning as conceptual change. (ML)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes, Misconceptions, Models, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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