This article addresses ideas about the particulate nature of matter that are considered to be correct or acceptable in science education and studies of children's misconceptions. It argues that science teachers and educators use educational as well as scientific criteria for correctness, and that th
Making both the nature of science and science subject matter explicit intents of science teaching
โ Scribed by Dougal MacDonald
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 779 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1046-560X
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