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Peer reviewedHulland, C.; Munby, H. – Science Education, 1994
Posner's theory of conceptual change forms the background for this study which focuses upon conceptual ecology, specifically upon the heuristics children appear to employ in sense-making. The study focuses upon two children who demonstrate remarkably different sense-making heuristics; a recognizably scientific one and one that involves the…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Research, Heuristics, Metaphors
