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Peer reviewedColl, Richard K.; Treagust, David F. – Research in Science and Technological Education, 2002
Explores whether exposure to increasingly sophisticated mental models at different points in a chemistry education class showed up in patterns of preference and use of models in interpreting physical properties and phenomena. (Contains 92 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedCiascai, Liliana; Chic, Vasile; Pop, Adina – Science Education International, 2002
Identifies certain conceptions regarding the science content studied by students aged 9-11 years and develops a strategy for altering these conceptions. Reviews research on misconceptions and defines action research. (DDR)
Descriptors: Action Research, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textJaworski, Barbara – 1997
This paper addresses dilemmas in the practices of six teachers from the perspective of alternate paradigms of knowledge growth, particularly constructivism. The dilemmas focus on the relationships between theory and practice in the growth of knowledge in learning and teaching mathematics. The data for this study are drawn from a four-year…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Strategies, Epistemology
