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Peer reviewedJungwirth, Ehud – International Journal of Science Education, 1988
Investigated were the connotative meanings of the concept "development" in respondents' cognitive structure using a free-association approach. The sample included 6th, 9th, and 11th grade students, student-teachers, and biology teachers. Reports a paucity of multicontextuality; the majority of subjects' associations referred to biology…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Association Measures, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedDreyfus, Amos; Jungwirth, Ehud – International Journal of Science Education, 1988
Describes a diagnostic evaluation to measure the idea of the living cell as the basic unit of life. Describes the classification of student knowledge as common knowledge, wide-spread lack of knowledge, inadequate alternatives, and contradictions. (YP)
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedJungwirth, Ehud – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1987
Reports on a study which tested eight categories of logical fallacies with secondary students, student teachers, and teachers from Australia, South Africa, and Israel. Results indicate that logical fallacies were exhibited by all the groups. Implications are discussed. (ML)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Foreign Countries, International Educational Exchange
