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Peer reviewedVillani, A. – Science Education, 1992
Uses Laudan's model of scientific change to obtain corresponding features on conceptual change in science learning. Discusses some practical consequences for science education. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedAnderson, David; Lucas, Keith B.; Ginns, Ian S.; Dierking, Lynn D. – Science Education, 2000
Reports on part of a larger study of how 11- and 12-year-old students construct knowledge of electricity and magnetism by drawing on aspects of their experiences during the course of a school visit to an interactive science museum and subsequent classroom activities linked to the science museum exhibits. (Contains 24 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Mapping, Electricity, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedGil-Perez, Daniel; Carrascosa, Jaime – Science Education, 1990
Discussed is a constructivist model of science learning and its possible use in the treatment of science misconceptions. Science learning as conceptual and methodological change is described. (KR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedKutnick, Peter J. – Science Education, 1990
Described is the importance of the cognitive level of science pupils, cognitive demands of the curriculum, and the social/cultural context within which curricula are planned. Emphasized is the historical division between planning and implementation. Suggestions for improvement are provided. (CW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Context, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedGunstone, R. F.; And Others – Science Education, 1992
Examined Australian year-10 students (n=110) for the effects of an instructional sequence in physics on their subsequent physics achievement and their perceived value of instruction aimed at conceptual change in year 11. An appendix outlines the year-10 instruction. (Contains 24 references.) (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries
