Facilitating Conceptual Change through Modeling in the Middle School Science Classroom

David J. Carrejo, University of Texas at El Paso
Judy Reinhartz, University of Texas at El Paso

David J. Carrejo & Judy Reinhartz (2014) Facilitating Conceptual Change through Modeling in the Middle School Science Classroom, Middle School Journal, 46:2, 10-19, DOI: 10.1080/00940771.2014.11461905

Abstract

This article examines a professional development program that helped teachers use models as a means to foster conceptual change in eighth grade science students and deepen their understanding about motion.