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Peer reviewedClement, John J.; Steinberg, Melvin S. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2002
Describes an approach to teaching complex models in science that uses a model construction cycle of generation, evaluation, and modification. Reports on a case study of a student in a tutoring experiment in the study of electric circuits. Focuses on the role of analogies, discrepant events, and the student's moments of surprise as motivators of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum Design, Electric Circuits
