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Direct linkSencar, Selen; Eryilmaz, Ali – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
This study was designed to identify and analyze possible factors that mediate the effect of gender on ninth-grade Turkish students' misconceptions concerning electric circuits. A Simple Electric Circuit Concept Test (SECCT), including items with both practical and theoretical contexts, and an Interest-Experience Questionnaire about Electricity…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Gender Differences, Energy, Equipment
Tsai, Chin-Chung; Chang, Chun-Yen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
This study was based on the framework of the "conflict map" to facilitate student conceptual learning about causes of the seasons. Instruction guided by the conflict map emphasizes not only the use of discrepant events, but also the resolution of conflict between students' alternative conceptions and scientific conceptions, using…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Science Instruction, Memorization
