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Secondary School Students' Comprehension of Science Concepts: Some Findings from Misconceptions Research. ERIC/SMEAC Science Education Digest No. 2, 1987.
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Blosser, Patricia E. – 1987
Some science educators who are interested in conceptual development have considered the phenomenon of student misconceptions and alternative frameworks. Researchers have used a variety of terms to describe the situation in which students' ideas differ from those of a scientist about a particular concept. This digest was produced to briefly…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures