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Assessing Students' Understanding about Levers: Better Test Instruments Are Not Enough.
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McGinn, Michelle K.; Roth, Wolff-Michael – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Investigates variations in students' responses to lever problems across multiple assessment contexts and formats. Data sources include students' semantic maps, written responses to questions, and modeled solutions to practical problems. Contains 40 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Mapping, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Using Vee and Concept Maps in Collaborative Settings: Elementary Education Majors Construct Meaning in Physical Science Courses.
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Roth, Wolff-Michael; Roychoudhury, Anita – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Discusses Vee mapping, a technique to assist students in categorizing the relationship between the conceptual and procedural aspects of science. Presents a study to investigate elementary education majors' (n=27) use of the Vee heuristic and concept mapping for the construction of knowledge; attitudes toward learning science in collaborative…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Concept Mapping, Constructivism (Learning)