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Direct linkPalmer, David H. – Science Education, 2003
The aim of this study was to identify the type of conceptual change (assimilation or accommodation) that can be induced by a refutational text. Individual interviews were carried out with a stratified sample of eighty-seven grade 9 students. Forty-four percent of them were found to have a misconception about the concept of ecological role--they…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Concept Formation, Misconceptions, Metacognition
Download full textYore, Larry D.; Hand, Brian; Prain, Vaughan – 1999
This paper synthesizes research on the value of writing in learning science at all grade levels. Breakthroughs and barriers to the effective use of writing to learn science are discussed. Differences between elementary and secondary teachers are considered with regard to background in language arts, understanding of the writing process, and the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 7
