1. Students' Use of Model in Their Explanations of Electrostatic Phenomena.
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McIntyre, Patrick J.
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EXAMPLE ,ELECTROSTATICS ,SCHOOL children ,CURRICULUM ,COMPREHENSION ,CONTENT analysis ,DISCIPLINE ,ANALOGY ,EDUCATION - Abstract
The article discusses the study on the use of students of model in their explanations of electrostatic phenomena. It is concentrated on the area of the particle nature of matter to include phenomena associated with electrostatics. It intends to explore children's understanding of common electrical phenomena and to verify the degree to which children did use models or analogies in their explanations. It was concluded that the study confirmed the idea that elementary school children can and do use models or physical analogies in their explanations of physical phenomena and suggests that the modeling was probably due to instruction and that the effectiveness of various types of models might be suitable topic for further study.
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- 1974
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