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Peer reviewedChambers, Sharon K.; Andre, Thomas – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1997
Presents a study that investigated relationships between gender, interest, and experience in electricity. Also explored the effect of conceptual change text manipulations on learning fundamental concepts of direct current. Suggests that conceptual change text manipulations are likely to be effective for both men and women. Contains 57 references.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Electricity
Tobin, Kenneth, Ed.; And Others – 1990
This book is the result of the accumulated research of five researchers from the United States and Australia on a school in Coastal Australia. The research team shared a constructivist epistemology and interpreted the qualitative and quantitative data collected over a 10-week period in two classrooms from that perspective. Each chapter discusses…
Descriptors: Biology, Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures


