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Peer reviewedMillar, R. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1991
It is argued that science's reputation as a "hard" subject can be attributed to four intrinsic features of science and/or learners. The reasons for a link between abstraction and difficulty are briefly explored. It is suggested that certain extrinsic features of science education, resulting from choices by science educators, exacerbate these…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Course Content, Decision Making, Inquiry
