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Svensson, Lennart; Anderberg, Elsie; Alvegard, Christer; Johansson, Thorsten – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2009
Empirical results show that frequently the meaning of expressions used by students in expressing their understanding of subject matter does not correspond to the meaning of those expressions in the subject matter theory that the students are expected to learn. There is also often a lack of identity of meaning between the same students' use of the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Educational Research, Context Effect, Definitions