Teaching Concepts in Secondary School Science.

Shelley, B. W. J.

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Teaching Concepts in Secondary School Science

Shelley, B. W. J.

School Science Review, 57, 198, 155-157, Sep 75

Questions the approach used to the topic of energy in Nuffield Secondary Science. Indicates that 14-year-old children will not be able to generalize from the experiments to see a pattern energing, and the concept of energy involves understanding of other concepts that the children have not yet attained. (GS)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development, Energy, Instruction, Science Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Sequential Learning

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