Tamer G. Amin

Learning Scientific Concepts

A Unified Theory of Conceptual Change

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Understanding important scientific concepts like matter, energy, force, and species is central to scientific literacy. This book explains what research across distinct theoretical perspectives has taught us, then cuts through the diversity to offer a novel integrated account and a unified theory of conceptual change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9781138585690
• ISBN-10: 1138585696
• Artikelnr.: 75128274

Autorenporträt

Tamer G. Amin is Professor of the Learning Sciences in the Department of Education and Science and Mathematics Education Center at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Concepts and Conceptual Development: The View from
Cognitive and Developmental Psychology 3. Learning Scientific Concepts as
Theory Change 4. Learning Scientific Concepts from a Knowledge-in-pieces
Perspective 5. Learning Scientific Concepts from Situated, Embodied, and
Distributed Perspectives 6. A Unified Theory of Conceptual Change in
Science Learning 7. Learning the Scientific Concept of Force 8. Learning
the Scientific Concept of Energy 9. Conclusions and Future Directions