Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conceptual change research: an introduction / Stella Vosniadou -- The framework theory approach to the problem of conceptual change / Stella Vosniadou, Xenia Vamvakoussi, and Irini Skopeliti -- A bird's-eye view of the "pieces" vs. "coherence" controversy (from the "pieces" side of the fence) / Andrea A. diSessa -- Three types of conceptual change: belief revision, mental model transformation, and categorical shift / Michelene T. H. Chi -- Two tales of conceptual change : what changes and what remains the same / Frank C. Keil and George E. Newman -- Relations between short- and long-term changes in children's thinking / Robert S. Siegler and Matija Svetina -- Conceptual changes in physics / David E. Brown and David Hammer -- Naïve theories of observational astronomy: review, analysis, and theoretical implications / William F. Brewer -- Learning and teaching about matter in grades K-8: when should the atomic molecular theory be introduced? / Marianne Wiser and Carol L. Smith -- Conceptual change in naïve biology / Kayoko Inagaki and Giyoo Hatano -- Conceptual change and evolutionary biology: a developmental analysis / E. Margaret Evans -- Changing conceptions in medicine and health / David R. Kaufman, Alla Keselman, and Vimla L. Patel -- Changing historical conceptions of history / Gaea Leinhardt and Anita K. Ravi -- The problem of conceptual change in the philosophy and history of science / Theodore Arabatzis and Vasso Kindi -- Conceptual change in the history of science: life, mind, and disease / Paul Thagard -- Mental modeling in conceptual change / Nancy J. Nersessian -- The role of explanatory models in teaching for conceptual change / John Clement -- Conceptual change through collaboration / Naomi Miyake -- Dynamic transfer and innovation / Daniel L. Schwartz, Sashank Varma, and Lee Martin -- The contextuality of knowledge: an intentional approach to meaning making and conceptual change / Ola Hallden, Max Scheja, and Liza Haglund -- The idea of phenomenography and the pedagogy of conceptual change / Ference Marton and Ming Fai Pang -- Beyond knowledge: learner characteristics influencing conceptual change / Gale M. Sinatra and Lucia Mason -- The role of knowledge, beliefs, and interest in the conceptual change process: a synthesis and meta-analysis of the research / P. Karen Murphy and Patricia A. Alexander -- The conceptual change approach and the teaching of science / Richard T. White and Richard F. Gunstone -- Teaching science for conceptual change: theory and practice / Reinders Duit, David F. Treagust, and Ari Widodo -- Teaching for conceptual understanding: an approach drawing on individual and sociocultural perspectives / John T. Leach and Philip H. Scott -- Model building for conceptual change / David Jonassen -- Teaching for conceptual change: distinguish or extinguish ideas / Marcia C. Linn.