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Burbules, Nicholas; Linn, Marcia C. – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Implications for science curricula and instructions of new perspectives on scientific knowledge, on nature of evidence, and on how knowledge changes are considered. Argues that much of science education is mired in positivist assumptions and suggests ways in which science instruction can promote a more appropriate epistemological attitude and…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Philosophy, Problem Solving, Science Curriculum
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Kyle, William C., Jr.; Shymansky, James A. – Science and Children, 1988
Provides several reasons for the lack of the classroom teacher's involvement in science education research. Explains the purposes, advantages, involvements, and kinds of research. States that without teachers as researchers, there is an inability to put knowledge to practice. (RT)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Faculty Development, Problem Solving
Schnell, Robert E.; And Others – 1987
The purpose of this study was to describe student perceptions within high school classes in biology and chemistry over the course of a school year. The sample consisted of 435 high school college preparatory science students who were enrolled in 44 different biology and chemistry classes in central New York State. Measurements of attitude toward…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Creative Thinking, Divergent Thinking
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Klainin, Sunee; And Others – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1989
Examined are boys' and girls' achievement from a developmental perspective over the three years of science curricula. Results show the overachievement of girls relative to boys in both chemistry and physics in grades 10 through 12. Discusses implications of the results. (YP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, Females, Foreign Countries
Baker, Dale R.; Piburn, Michael D. – 1988
The purpose of this study was to identify factors responsible for the perceived decline in attitudes toward science observed in an intervention study designed to enhance scientific literacy. The literacy study focuses on a new freshman course in an urban Catholic high school. Negative attitudes toward science were found to be related to the demand…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Locus of Control, Mastery Learning, Problem Solving
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Smith, Richard L., Comp. – Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1987
Contains an annotated bibliography of articles which deal with computer-assisted testing. Includes the author's name, the periodical in which the article appeared, and a short description of the article. (TW)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, College Science, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Science
Rattray-Wood, Laurie, Ed.; Ferguson, Peter, Ed. – Australian Science Education Research Association: Research in Science Education, 1982
This publication contains a selection of science education research papers, beginning with an overview of trends in science education cognitive developmental research and theory in the United Kingdom. Papers that follow focus on developments in studies of thinking and reasoning, including work on concept mapping and conceptual change. Closely…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cognitive Processes, Computer Simulation, Concept Formation
Torbert, William R. – 1981
Educational research has thus far failed to greatly improve education because it is based on a model of reality that emphasizes unilateral control in both research and practice. Efforts to gain unilateral control presume that researchers or practitioners know what is significant from the outset, that they are essentially outside the situation they…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Discovery Learning, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices