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ERIC Number: EJ539983

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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From "Truth" To "Invented Reality": A Discourse Analysis of High School Physics Students' Talk about Scientific Knowledge.

Roth, Wolff-Michael; Lucas, Keith B.

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v34 n2 p145-79 Feb 1997

Presents a study that analyzes an extensive database consisting of the written and oral discourse of students (N=23) as they described their thoughts on ontology, epistemology, and sociology of scientific knowledge. Contains 51 references. (DDR)

Descriptors: Beliefs, Case Studies, Concept Formation, Discourse Analysis, Epistemology, High Schools, Knowledge Representation, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Secondary Education, Sociology, Student Reaction

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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