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Clarà, Marc – Educational Review, 2023
This paper addresses a problem that greatly complicates the implementation of dialogic educational approaches in schools: the dilemma between driving children's talk towards normatively accepted conceptions and, at the same time, avoiding the introduction of these normative conceptions into the dialogue by the teacher. I argue that this dilemma is…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Classroom Communication, Teaching Methods, Learning Theories
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Sherin, Bruce L.; Krakowski, Moshe; Lee, Victor R. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
This article is concerned with "commonsense science knowledge", the informally gained knowledge of the natural world that students possess prior to formal instruction in a scientific discipline. Although commonsense science has been the focus of substantial study for more than two decades, there are still profound disagreements about its nature…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Misconceptions
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Panagiotaki, Georgia; Nobes, Gavin; Banerjee, Robin – British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2006
Investigation of children's understanding of the earth can reveal much about the origins and development of scientific knowledge. Vosniadou and Brewer (1992) claim that children construct coherent, theory-like mental models of the earth. However, more recent research has indicated that children's knowledge of the earth is fragmented and…
Descriptors: Young Children, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts, Earth Science
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Espinoza, Fernando – Physics Education, 2004
The unquestionably central role of physics in the development of scientific literacy is undermined by its perceived difficulty. An investigation of high school students' use of the concepts of momentum and force suggests that, in the case of mechanics, the reason for physics' unpopularity and image as a "hard" subject is largely due to an…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Scientific Literacy, Scientific Concepts, High School Students
Redish, Edward F. – 2000
During the past 15 years, physics education research has revealed many surprising things about the difficulties introductory physics students have in learning physics. At the same time, the ongoing revolution in information technology has led to new tools for creating innovative educational environments. In response to these two developments, a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Higher Education, Learning Processes
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Shelton, Charlotte D.; Darling, John R. – Learning Organization, 2003
For the past ten years the management literature has increasingly discussed the concept of learning organizations. Yet, more that a decade later, few organizations have figured out how to create the structures and processes necessary to assure continuous learning. This article purports that this problem can be attributed to the mental models of…
Descriptors: Organizational Culture, Learning, Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Structures