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Peer reviewedGobert, Janice D. – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Analyzes fifth grade students' diagrams and explanations for the spatial, causal, and dynamic processes inside the earth. Identifies and characterizes the different types of student models for the inside of the earth, and characterizes the reasoning associated with these models. (Contains 74 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Earth Science, Elementary Education, Epistemology
