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Author Sutton, C. R. (Clive Remer), 1936-

Title Words, science, and learning / Clive Sutton
Published Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1992

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 W'PONDS  501.4 Sut/Wsa  AVAILABLE
Description x, 118 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Series Developing science and technology education
Developing science and technology education.
Contents Ch. 1. In praise of words -- Ch. 2. Fossils of old thoughts -- Ch. 3. Figuring things out with words -- Ch. 4. Delightful deceits in words? -- Ch. 5. Words, seeing, and seeing as... -- Ch. 6. Ways of seeing and ways of talking -- Ch. 7. Interpretations and labels -- Ch. 8. Variation and change in meaning -- Ch. 9. Well, Mary, what are they saying here? -- Ch. 10. Questions of style -- Ch. 11. 'Discoveries', theories and 'facts' -- Ch. 12. Public knowledge and private understandings -- Afterword: How we talk about school learning
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Gestalt psychology.
Lexicology.
Science -- Language.
Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
Semantics.
LC no. 91045905
ISBN 0335099564 (paperback)
0335099572