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Cheek, Kim A. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2010
Seventy-nine studies in geoscience conceptions appeared in peer-reviewed publications in English from 1982 through July 2009. Summaries of the 79 studies suggest certain recurring themes across subject areas: issues with terms, scale (temporal and spatial), role of prior experience, and incorrect application of everyday knowledge to geoscience…
Descriptors: Geology, Earth Science, Educational Research, Journal Articles
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Schiel, Jeffrey L.; Shaw, Dale G. – Applied Measurement in Education, 1992
Changes in information retention resulting from changes in reliability and number of intervals in scale construction were studied to provide quantitative information to help in decisions about choosing intervals. Information retention reached a maximum when the number of intervals was about 8 or more and reliability was near 1.0. (SLD)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Knowledge Level, Mathematical Models, Monte Carlo Methods