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Py, Jacques; Jouffre, Stephane – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2009
The causal explanation has an effect: (1) on expectancy and value at an intra-individual level (Weiner, 2000); (2) on feeling and affective evaluation at an interpersonal level (Weiner 2000); and (3) on institutional judgment at an organizational level (Dubois, 2003). A study was conducted with pupils between the 4th and 9th grades in order to…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Locus of Control
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Baldy, Elise – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
Today's method of teaching the concept of falling bodies in French physics classes is ineffective, not only because it ignores the physical aspect of the phenomenon by addressing only its mathematical aspect, but also because it does not take into account students' initial conceptions, which are often incompatible with scientific knowledge. The…
Descriptors: Validity, Concept Formation, Grade 9, Science Instruction