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Happs, John C.; Mansfield, Helen – 1989
Secondary school geometry students have been found to have misconceptions concerning parallel lines. Correctional teaching programs did not seem effective in changing these misconceptions. This research describes an attempt to use teaching strategies which take into account current learning theory and which encourages students to be actively…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries