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Peer reviewedTreagust, David F.; Smith, Clifton L. – School Science and Mathematics, 1989
Examined are tenth-grade Western Australian students' conceptual knowledge of gravity and the motion of the planets. Students were interviewed with seven cards, and a four-item diagnostic test based on the interview data on the first four cards was developed. A total of 113 students' responses to the test are summarized. (YP)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Cognitive Structures, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
Peer reviewedMovshovitz-Hadar, Nitsa – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Reviews the logic underlying mathematical induction and presents 10 tasks designed to help students develop a conceptual framework for mathematical induction. (Contains 20 references.) (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMansfield, Helen M.; Happs, John C. – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
Reports misconceptions identified in students with respect to the topic of parallel lines and the teaching strategies found to be useful in challenging those misconceptions. (11 references) (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedCohen, Herbert G. – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
Presents a study to examine the effects of a verbal teaching strategy versus a strategy providing instruction using activities and manipulatives in four seventh grade earth science classes with students of varying cognitive abilities (n=83). Results indicate that students with more cognitive structures perform better and that using manipulatives…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Structures
