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Peer reviewedBrickhouse, Nancy W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1994
Involves students in a study designed to examine the interaction between children's observations of light and shadows and their developing theories in the context of a series of lessons in a third-grade classroom. Results suggest that student's observation of light led to the development of a limited theory about light that was largely useful in…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Demonstrations (Science), Light, Primary Education
