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Making Sense of Secondary Science: Research into Children's Ideas
Making Sense of Secondary Science Research into Children's Ideas Author:Rosalind Driver, Ann Squires, Peter Rushworth, Valerie Wood-Robinson When children begin secondary school they already have knowledge and ideas about many aspects of the natural world from their experiences both in primary classes and outside school. These ideas, right or wrong, form the basis of all they subsequently learn: research has shown that teaching is unlikely to be effective unless it takes into account... more » the position from which the learner starts. Making Sense of Secondary Science provides a concise, accessible summary of the international research that has been done in this area.« less