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Babai, Reuven; Levit-Dori, Tamar – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
This study addressed one aspect of scientific reasoning, the control of variables reasoning scheme. We explored whether a short intervention aimed at accelerating this reasoning scheme by CASE lessons would improve students' ability to apply this scheme in problems related to the biology curriculum. About 120 students from grade nine were assessed…
Descriptors: Formal Operations, Intervention, Biology, Logical Thinking
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Parkinson, Eric – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2007
This article explores relationships between designing and making in the work of children within the age range 5-11 when engaged in practical modelling tasks. The notion of the model is explored from the perspective of concrete representations. It is suggested that concrete models may be used as hypotheses from which to test ideas about the nature…
Descriptors: Language Research, Linguistics, Hypothesis Testing, Technology Education