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Download full textDe Jong, Eddy J.; Gunstone, Richard F. – 1988
The broad focus of this study was on the role students' existing conceptions play in the process of constructing and understanding mechanics concepts. The study was a naturalistic one, conducted over a number of years, at all grade levels, in one all-boys secondary school in Australia. In particular it was concerned with identifying and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedLimon, Margarita; Carretero, Mario – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1997
Reports on an experiment that explored novice learners' responses to anomalous data (new data that contradict previous beliefs). Secondary education students were given both anomalous and confirmatory data concerning various theories about the origin of life on earth. Statistical data reveal their level of awareness of the contradictions. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Structures
