The goal of this paper is to clarify conditions of learning environment that support learners to change their folk knowledge into scientific understanding. This research is a prerequisite for presenting a model of successful intentional conceptual change in the classroom. To achieve this goal, this paper examines arguments of Heiji Oikawa and Isaburo Kanbe. They assumed that predicting the outcome of experiments before experiments is useful for learners'successful conceptual change. Comparing their ideas with knowledge from research on conceptual change, this paper has revealed that cumulative and collaborative processes of prediction-experiment can meet the conditions necessary for fostering conceptual change of learners
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