From Assumption of Knowledge to Knowledgeable Considerations: a Class Activity on 'Ionizing Radiation' and Its Biological Effects.

Ronen, Miky; Ganiel, Uri

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Publication Date: 1988

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From Assumption of Knowledge to Knowledgeable Considerations: a Class Activity on 'Ionizing Radiation' and Its Biological Effects.

Ronen, Miky; Ganiel, Uri

International Journal of Science Education, v10 n5 p523-29 Oct-Dec 1988

Describes a class activity, a game called "Beware--Radiation," developed as a framework for the introduction of the topic of radiation. Reports that both students and teachers had similar and mostly wrong preconceptions. (Author/YP)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Games, Misconceptions, Physics, Radiation, Radiation Biology, Science Activities, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Scientific Concepts, Secondary School Science

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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