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Conceptual Change

Conceptual Change is a cognitive process in science education whereby learners restructure their prior understandings or misconceptions to accommodate new, scientifically accepted knowledge.

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Accommodation of a scientific conception: Toward a theory of conceptual change

George J. Posner, Kenneth A. Strike, Peter W. Hewson et al. · Science Education · 1982 · 5.1K citations

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Schema induction and analogical transfer

Mary L. Gick, Keith J. Holyoak · Cognitive Psychology · 1983 · 2.9K citations · Full text

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The New Meaning of Educational Change

School Effectiveness and School Improvement · 1991 · 2.7K citations

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Beyond Cold Conceptual Change: The Role of Motivational Beliefs and Classroom Contextual Factors in the Process of Conceptual Change

Paul R. Pintrich, Ronald W. Marx, Robert A. Boyle · Review of Educational Research · 1993 · 2.1K citations

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Implication of Research on Teacher Belief

Dona M. Kagan · Educational Psychologist · 1992 · 1.9K citations

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  1. DF
    David F. Treagust

    Curtin University, Australia

    25 publications · 3.3K citations

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  2. SV
    Stella Vosniadou

    National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

    27 publications · 6.2K citations

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  3. ÖG
    Ömer Geban

    Middle East Technical University, Türkiye

    25 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. GM
    Gale M. Sinatra

    University of Southern California, United States

    20 publications · 2.6K citations

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  5. PW
    Peter W. Hewson

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    17 publications · 7.5K citations

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  1. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    33 h-index

    62 publications

    8.6K citations

  2. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    26 h-index

    54 publications

    6.5K citations

  3. Middle East Technical University

    Ankara, Türkiye

    26 h-index

    53 publications

    3K citations

  4. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    25 h-index

    42 publications

    11.8K citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    22 h-index

    46 publications

    18.6K citations

  6. Curtin University

    Perth, Australia

    20 h-index

    49 publications

    5.8K citations

  7. National Taiwan Normal University

    Taipei, Taiwan

    20 h-index

    39 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    20 h-index

    66 publications

    3.5K citations

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  1. Journal of Research in Science Teaching

    JRST · 157 publications · 19.5K citations

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  2. International Journal of Science Education

    IJSE · 209 publications · 15.3K citations

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  3. Science Education

    119 publications · 18.1K citations

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  4. Research in Science Education

    52 publications · 1.9K citations

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  5. Chemistry Education Research and Practice

    CERP · 51 publications · 2K citations

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