Strategies and activities for initiating and maintaining pressure on students' naive views concerning the nature of science

Interchange

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 191-204

  Clough, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities; Conceptual change; Learning, assessment; Misconceptions; Nature of science; Scientific literacy; Social studies of science; Teacher behaviours; Teaching strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644895846     PISSN: 08264805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007309107180     Document Type: Article

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