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Peer reviewedKinchin, Ian M. – School Science Review, 2001
An appreciation of the relationship between novice and expert knowledge frameworks may help develop an understanding of the process of transition from one to the other. Recommends the use of concept mapping. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Mapping, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFisher, Brian – School Science Review, 2001
Examines quantitative models in school physics, looking particularly at the degree to which they match the real world. Explores the positive aspects of a mismatch between models and real world conditions. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMcKeon, Frankie – School Science Review, 2001
Describes a project in which student teachers chose science exhibits and created webpages to communicate some aspect of the underlying science in the exhibit. Student teachers participating in the project developed personal understanding of some difficult areas in science. (DDR)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Exhibits, Foreign Countries
