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The Construction of Meaning and Conceptual Change in Classroom Settings: Case Studies on Energy
This document was written as part of the second phase of the work of the Children’s Learning in Science Project (CLIS). In this phase the project team was using the lessons from research in the first phase to develop, trial and evaluate alternative teaching strategies aimed at promoting conceptual change.
The research had shown that, despite the attention given to accepted ideas about energy in secondary science courses, only a small proportion of students learn these ideas and use them with confidence.
Contents
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Case study one: six lessons about energy with 13/14 year olds
Section 3: Case study one: four lessons about energy with 14/15 year olds
Section 4: Specific issues arising from the energy case studies
Section 5: Some general pedagogical issues arising from the case studies
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