Development of Knowledge Frameworks and Higher Order Cognitive Operations among Secondary School Students Who Studied a Unit on Ecology.

Bischoff, Paul J.; Anderson, O. Roger

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ERIC Number: EJ635969

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Development of Knowledge Frameworks and Higher Order Cognitive Operations among Secondary School Students Who Studied a Unit on Ecology.

Bischoff, Paul J.; Anderson, O. Roger

Journal of Biological Education, v35 n2 p81-88 Spr 2001

Interviews 9th and 10th grade students (n=13) who studied an ecology unit and analyzed tape-recorded data for changes in organization of knowledge, represented by ideational networks and the development of higher cognitive operations. Provides insights into how students developed knowledge schemata, ideational networks, and the capacity to express ecological understandings using higher order cognitive operations over several weeks. (Contains 38 references.) (Author/ASK)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Ecology, Grade 10, Grade 9, High Schools, Science Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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