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Does Constructivist Approach Applicable through Concept Maps to Achieve Meaningful Learning in Science?
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Jena, Ananta Kumar – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2012
This study deals with the application of constructivist approach through individual and cooperative modes of spider and hierarchical concept maps to achieve meaningful learning on science concepts (e.g. acids, bases & salts, physical and chemical changes). The main research questions were: Q (1): is there any difference in individual and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Teaching Methods, Scoring, Maps
Using a Conceptual Change Text as a Tool to Teach the Nature of Science in an Explicit Reflective Approach
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Cepni, Salih; Cil, Emine – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2010
The aim of this study is to develop conceptual change texts in the teaching of aspects of the nature of science and to introduce the development of texts. The socio-cultural and the subjective aspects were taken into consideration in the conceptual change texts, which are presented in the study. The conceptual change texts were prepared to be used…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Grade 7, Misconceptions, Pilot Projects
Change in Student Beliefs about Attitudes toward Science in Grades 6-9
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Akcay, Hakan; Yager, Robert E.; Iskander, Srini M.; Turgut, Halil – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2010
The study reports on an investigation of the impact of a Science-Technology-Society (STS) approach in promoting more positive student attitudes toward science that are recommended by current reform documents. A total of 609 students from grades six through nine were selected for a survey of attitudes in two class sections assigned as either…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Science and Society, Educational Change
The Effect of Scientific Process Skills Education on Students' Scientific Creativity, Science Attitudes and Academic Achievements
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Aktamis, Hilal; Ergin, Omer – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2008
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of teaching scientific process skills education to students to promote their scientific creativity, attitudes towards science, and achievements in science. The research includes a pre-test post-test research model with a control group. The subjects of the research consist of 40 students reading…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Creativity, Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals)