Misconceptions and conceptual change in science education. What ideas do children hold about the natural world. The late rosalind driver was professor of science education at the university of leeds where she directed the childrens learning in science project clisp, including the project which led to the publication of making sense of secondary science ann squires, was seconded from the leeds education authority to coordinate the secondary science project within clisp. Nsta science store making sense of secondary science. Making sense of secondary science research into childrens ideas, rosalind driver, ann squires, peter rushworth, valerie woodrobinson, routledge, london 1994 making sense of secondary science is now considered a classic of science education literature.
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