Students' understanding of light and its properties: Teaching to engender conceptual change

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

Education, Philosophy, Nature Of Science +12

Development and use of diagnostic tests to evaluate students’ misconceptions in science

David F. Treagust · International Journal of Science Education · 1988 · 788 citations

Education, Chemistry, Science Education +14

Concepts, Misconceptions and Alternative Conceptions: Changing Perspectives in Science Education

John Gilbert · Studies in Science Education · 1983 · 561 citations

Education, Science Education, Teaching +14

Students’ conceptions and the learning of science

Rosalind Driver · International Journal of Science Education · 1989 · 551 citations

Education, Science Education, Teaching +9

Effect of instruction using students' prior knowledge and conceptual change strategies on science learning

Mariana G. Hewson, Peter W. Hewson · Journal of Research in Science Teaching · 1983 · 415 citations

Education, Instruction, Science Education +13