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Peer reviewedGuzzetti, Barbara J.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1992
Asserts that students' inaccurate prior knowledge in science can hinder the learning process. Presents instructional strategies for elementary and secondary school students that have been proved effective by research, such as augmented activation activities, refutational text, nonrefutational text, and the discussion web. (PRA)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Prior Learning, Reading Research
Peer reviewedHynd, Cynthia R.; Alverman, Donna E. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1989
Examines how readers overcome their misconceptions about the principles of motion. Finds that students overcome misconceptions when their prior knowledge is activated, regardless of whether they read text that supports or refutes those misconceptions. Finds that students using several processing strategies have an advantage over students using…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Processes, Misconceptions, Prior Learning
Peer reviewedDole, Janice A. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2000
Examines reader and text variables related to conceptual change learning from science textbooks. Shows it is difficult to change readers' prior knowledge by reading texts that are inconsistent with that knowledge, but refutation text was shown to impact students' prior knowledge when that knowledge contained naive scientific conceptions. Addresses…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Misconceptions, Prior Learning, Reader Text Relationship
Download full textQian, Gaoyin – 1995
A study examined the relationship between two variable sets: (1) epistemological beliefs (Quick Learning, Simple-Certain Knowledge, and Innate Ability) and performance goals; and (2) conceptual understanding and application reasoning in conceptual change learning. In addition, effects of different kinds of prior knowledge on conceptual change…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, High School Students, High Schools, Inner City
Jones, M. Gail; Carter, Glenda – 1994
A study described the social interactions of ability-grouped dyads as they construct knowledge of the scientific concept of balance to elucidate the relationship between interactions and conceptual growth. The verbal and nonverbal behaviors of 30 fifth-grade students were recorded as they completed three activities related to balance and levers.…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classroom Communication, Cognitive Processes, Communication Research
