An Explanation for the Difficulty of Leading Conceptual Change Using a Counterintuitive Demonstration: The Relationship Between Cognitive Conflict and Responses

Research in Science Education

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 943-965

  Lee, Gyoungho ^a   Byun, Taejin ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cognitive conflict; Conceptual change; Responses to anomalous data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865829088     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-011-9234-5     Document Type: Article

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