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Peer reviewedPattnaik, Jyotsna – Childhood Education, 2005
Ajit Kumar Mohanty is a Professor of Social Psychology of Education at the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Mohanty received his doctorate from University of Alberta, Canada, in 1978, and was a postdoctoral Fulbright fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, between 1981-1982. He was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Language Research, Language Maintenance
Peer reviewedMohapatra, J. K. – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Investigates the relevance and concomitant impact of sociocultural experiences upon the scientific literacy of 87 students, aged 13 to 16, concerning their comprehension and assimilation of scientific data involving solar eclipses. Results indicate that the students' nonscientific conceptions about solar eclipses, generated through sociocultural…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation
