A Window into Thinking: Using Student Writing to Understand Conceptual Change in Science Learning.

Fellows, Nancy J.

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ERIC Number: EJ498241

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Publication Date: 1994

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A Window into Thinking: Using Student Writing to Understand Conceptual Change in Science Learning.

Fellows, Nancy J.

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v31 n9 p985-1001 Nov 1994

Reports on some of the findings of a study involving 25 inner-city students and designed to use students' writing to follow their conceptual changes over a 12-week science unit. Students' writing showed changes in central concepts, complexity, and organization as the lessons progressed. Contains 31 references. (ZWH)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Content Area Writing, Inner City, Junior High Schools, Misconceptions, Science Education, Sciences, Urban Education

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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