Students' Misconceptions Interfere with Science Learning: Case Studies of Fifth-Grade Students

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Smith Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Elementary School Journal Volume 84, Number 4Mar., 1984 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/461370 Views: 50Total views on this site Citations: 54Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1984 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Oskar Hagvall Svensson What makes entrepreneurial learning difficult: cognitive conflicts or cultural clashes?, European Journal of Engineering Education 45 (Dec 2022): 1–16.https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2022.2154196Markus Sebastian Feser, Susanan Mangal Exploring preschoolers′ conceptions about the viscosity of honey, STEM Education 2, no.22 (Jan 2022): 86.https://doi.org/10.3934/steme.2022007R A H Putri, A Widodo, L Rusyati Developing a Four-Tier Diagnostic Test to identify students’ conception on light and optic topic, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2098, no.11 (Nov 2021): 012008.https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2098/1/012008Olli Virtanen, Emanuella Constantinidou, Esa Tyystjärvi Chlorophyll does not reflect green light – how to correct a misconception, Journal of Biological Education 272 (Dec 2020): 1–8.https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2020.1858930Sascha Bernholt, Lars Höft, Ilka Parchmann Die Entwicklung fachlicher Basiskonzepte im Chemieunterricht – Findet ein kumulativer Aufbau im Kompetenzbereich Fachwissen statt?, Unterrichtswissenschaft 48, no.11 (Dec 2019): 35–59.https://doi.org/10.1007/s42010-019-00065-4Merve SAK, Derya KALTAKÇI GÜREL Ortaokul Öğrencilerinin Işık Konusundaki Bağlam Temelli Sorular İle Geleneksel Soruları Cevaplama Durumlarının Geliştirilen Başarı Testleri İle Karşılaştırılması, Gazi Üniversitesi Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi (Aug 2019).https://doi.org/10.17152/gefad.448136Eugene Matusov What Kills Science in School?: Lessons from Pre-Service Teachers’ Responses to Urban children’s Science Inquiries, Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science 52, no.22 (Feb 2018): 257–287.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-018-9415-0Sascha Bernholt, Knut Neumann, Elke Sumfleth Learning Progressions, (Jul 2018): 209–225.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-56320-5_13Michael Allen, Maria Kambouri-Danos Substantive conceptual development in preschool science: contemporary issues and future directions, Early Child Development and Care 187, no.22 (Oct 2016): 181–191.https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2016.1237561Cari F. 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