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http://hdl.handle.net/10889/11506| Title: | Experimental processes of destabilizing mental representations and transforming them into scientific concepts. Understanding the propagation of light by ten-year-olds |
| Authors: | Ravanis, Konstantinos Papamichael, Yannis |
| Keywords: | Light Time Propagation of light Representations |
| Keywords (translated): | Φως Χρόνος Διάδοση φωτός Αναπαραστάσεις |
| Source: | Psychology |
| Abstract: | The aim of this article is to present the results of an attempt to transform the 10-year-old pupils'misconceptions regarding the time of the propagation of light into scientific notions. At first we studied the representations of 132 pupils, using a directed interview during which pre¬dictions and exlanations were asked for four experimental conditions. We came to the conclu¬sion that childrens' thought is dominated by the ituitive representation of the instantaneous propagation of light. Thus we designed an experimental - didactic intervention which by leading childrens' thought to a sosio-cognitive conflict resulted in the statistically significant progress at the experimental group compared to the control group which showed non-significant progress. |
| Appears in Collections: | Τμήμα Επιστημών της Εκπαίδευσης και της Αγωγής στην Προσχολική Ηλικία (Δημοσ. Π.Π. σε περιοδικά) |
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| 1992 Ravanis & Papamichael - Teaching intervention, Light time propagation.pdf | 204.44 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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