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Peer reviewedAikenhead, Glen S. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Investigates the predictive ability of two sociological theories of group decision making, the social decision scheme and the valence distribution model. Reports that student beliefs at the end of the simulation deviated from group consensus and that the two models could not account for the deviation. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Decision Making, Inquiry, Science and Society
