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Peer reviewedKruger, Colin; Summers, Mike – Research in Science and Technological Education, 2000
Studies 34 elementary school children's understanding of five aspects of energy waste and the ways in which these conceptions develop following teaching. Concludes that the children had good prior awareness of some behaviors that save energy, but their reasons for thinking this were based largely on everyday intuitive ideas that involved…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Efficiency, Electricity, Elementary Education
