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Download full textMagnusson, Shirley J.; And Others – 1994
A study involving upper elementary school students (n=30) was conducted to examine conceptual change and constructivism. It is argued that a constructivist view of learning is antithetical to a vision of conceptual change in which teachers act in a diagnostic and remediate manner to help students rid themselves of their inaccurate ideas. It…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Criticism, Educational Research
