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Children's ideas on light and vision

Pages 713-723 | Published online: 25 Feb 2007

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Igal Galili & Amnon Hazan. (2000) Learners' knowledge in optics: interpretation, structure and analysis. International Journal of Science Education 22:1, pages 57-88.
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Christos Dedes & Konstantinos Ravanis. (2008) History of Science and Conceptual Change: The Formation of Shadows by Extended Light Sources. Science & Education 18:9, pages 1135-1151.
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Jennifer Wilhelm. (2009) A Case Study of Three Childrens' Original Interpretations of the Moon's Changing Appearance. School Science and Mathematics 109:5, pages 258-275.
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Christos Dedes & Konstantinos Ravanis. (2007) Teaching Image Formation by Extended Light Sources: The Use of a Model Derived from the History of Science. Research in Science Education 39:1, pages 57-73.
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Igal Galili & Amnon Hazan. (2000) The influence of an historically oriented course on students’ content knowledge in optics evaluated by means of facets-schemes analysis. American Journal of Physics 68:S1, pages S3-S15.
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