Learner error, affectual stimulation, and conceptual change

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-173

  Allen, Michael ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual change, educational experiment, emotion, misconception, practical work, theory laden

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL CHANGE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL EXPERIMENT; EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE; INITIAL TREATMENT; SCIENCE EDUCATION;

TEACHING;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 75749145069     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20302     Document Type: Article

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