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The Role of Anomaly and of Cognitive Dissonance in Restructuring Students' Concepts of Force.
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Gorsky, Paul; Finegold, Menahem – Instructional Science, 1994
Describes a study of high school students that investigated students' responses to an anomaly generated by the juxtaposition of opposing explanatory frameworks and examined the nature and impact of cognitive conflict as students moved from prescientific to scientific explanatory frameworks concerning the concept of force. (19 references)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Dissonance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Concept Formation