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Kesidou, Sofia; Duit, Reinders – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1993
Interviews were conducted with grade 10 students (n=34) who had received 4 years of physics instruction. Interview's focus was to understand students' responses from their point of view. The results of the study confirm and deepen findings from other studies concerning students' severe difficulties in learning the energy concept, the particle…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Hesse, Joseph J., III; Anderson, Charles W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Presents results of intensive clinical interviews with 11 high school chemistry students representing a broad range of achievement levels as selected from 180 students who completed a written test upon completion of an instructional unit on chemical change. Results indicate that students commonly experience difficulties in chemical knowledge,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Cognitive Ability