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McClary, LaKeisha; Talanquer, Vicente – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
The central goal of this study was to characterize the mental models of acids and acid strength expressed by advanced college chemistry students when engaged in prediction, explanation, and justification tasks that asked them to rank chemical compounds based on their relative acid strength. For that purpose we completed a qualitative research…
Descriptors: Prediction, Organic Chemistry, Models, Mental Computation
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Talanquer, Vicente; Novodvorsky, Ingrid; Tomanek, Debra – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
The present study was designed to identify and characterize the major factors that influence entering science teacher candidates' preferences for different types of instructional activities, and to analyze what these factors suggest about teacher candidates' orientations towards science teaching. The study involved prospective teachers enrolled in…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Interviews, Science Process Skills, Science Teachers