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Peer reviewedTarsitani, Carlo; Vicentini, Matilde – Science and Education, 1996
Analyzes textbooks on thermodynamics with the aim of showing that several mental representations of this subject matter are present in scientific literature. Outlines divergent attitudes towards the definition of fundamental concepts and also towards the epistemological status of thermodynamics. Highlights the importance of historical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Representation, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education
Download full textMason, Lucia – 1995
This study investigated fourth graders' (N=18) self-generated analogies and the effects of their collaborative reasoning and arguing over these analogies on individual understanding of three scientific phenomena concerning air pressure. The data were subjected to both a qualitative and quantitative analysis. The first showed that the children, on…
Descriptors: Analogy, Concept Formation, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries
