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Peer reviewedIona, Mario, Ed. – Physics Teacher, 1994
Identifies some of the erroneous and misleading statements discovered in the three-volume middle and junior high school integrated science text, SCIENCE Interactions. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Criticism, Introductory Courses, Junior High Schools, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedStrober, Myra H.; Cook, Allen – Journal of Economic Education, 1992
Presents results of a study examining how introductory economics students use graphic analysis. Concludes that the difficulties students have in analyzing an economic problem graphically result from problems with concept formation. Suggests that videotaping can assist instructors to understand and anticipate the learning processes that students…
Descriptors: College Students, Concept Formation, Diagrams, Economics
Peer reviewedCavalier, Robert; Wesp, Richard – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Maintains that having students estimate the size and width of a class waste paper can (placed on a desk) is a simple and effective way of illustrating perceptual distortion. Tests show that people will consistently overestimate the height of the can, allowing for a useful discussion on sensory distortion. (MJP)
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Educational), Educational Experiments, Error Patterns, Higher Education
