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ERIC Number: EJ546842
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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The Need for Change in Elementary School Teacher Training: The Case of the Energy Concept as an Example.
Trumper, Ricardo
Educational Research, v39 n2 p157-74 Sum 1997
Preservice elementary school teachers in Israel (n=608) answered questions about energy concepts. Results revealed the following: (1) many hold alternative conceptual frameworks, not accepted scientific concepts; (2) many do not accept the idea of energy conservation or degradation; (3) they confuse energy and force; and (4) they have an ambiguous recognition of different types of energy. (SK)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Israel
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