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Download full textBlosser, Patricia E. – 1987
This ERIC Digest describes the parameters of misconception research as it relates to the learning of science and highlights some of its implications for the teaching of science in the elementary school. The document reviews terminology associated with misconception research, identifies common characteristics of misconceptions, and specifies…
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching
Disinger, John F. – 1987
This digest addresses cognitive learning with respect to outside-the-classroom instruction at the elementary school level. It notes that affective, not cognitive, learning has traditionally been the primary objective of field instruction at all K-12 levels. Therefore, most educational research in field instruction has been mainly non-cognitive in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement
Lisowski, Marylin; Disinger, John F. – 1987
Cognitive learning related to the environment has typically been subsumed as a part of instruction in the more traditional areas of the secondary school curriculum, in particular in science and/or social studies classes. This digest contains a review of a number of studies dealing with cognitive learning in the environment, investigating the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Concept Formation, Environmental Education
