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International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change

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International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change explores how learners profoundly revise existing knowledge and acquire new concepts, focusing on challenging and counter-intuitive ideas. Now in its second edition, the handbook offers a thorough review of the conceptual change movement and extensive research on students’ learning difficulties.

With thirty-one new and updated chapters introduced by Stella Vosniadou, it covers key theoretical and methodological issues, the origins of conceptual change research, mechanisms of learning, and learner attributes. The book also addresses research across disciplines including physics, astronomy, biology, medicine, health, and history.
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Conceptual change research investigates the processes through which learners substantially revise prior knowledge and acquire new concepts. Tracing its heritage to paradigms and paradigm shifts made famous by Thomas Kuhn, conceptual change research focuses on understanding and explaining learning of the most difficult and counter-intuitive concepts. Now in its second edition, the International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change provides a comprehensive review of the conceptual change movement and of the impressive research it has spawned on students’ difficulties in learning.

In thirty-one new and updated chapters, organized thematically and introduced by Stella Vosniadou, this volume brings together detailed discussions of key theoretical and methodological issues, the roots of conceptual change research, and mechanisms of conceptual change and learner characteristics. Combined with chapters that describe conceptual change research in the fields of physics, astronomy, biology, medicine and health, and history, this handbook presents writings on interdisciplinary topics written for researchers and students across fields.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415898829

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 19 June 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 25 Tables, black and white; 76 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

  • Edited by Stella Vosniadou

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 246.0mm

Weight: 1370g

Pages: 656

About the Author

Stella Vosniadou is Professor of Cognitive Psychology in the Department of Philosophy and History of Science at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She is the current chair of the interdisciplinary graduate program in Cognitive Science between the University of Athens and the Economic University of Athens, and director of the Cognitive Science Laboratory at the University of Athens.

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