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Avargil, Shirly; Piorko, Ran – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
Context-Based Learning (CBL) and learning through developing and using models are two important teaching approaches for chemistry conceptual understanding. We aimed to examine the influence of a CBL approach on students' understanding of Multiple Models of Knowledge Representations ("MMKRs") and "multiple molecular…
Descriptors: High School Students, Scientific Concepts, Molecular Structure, Concept Formation
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Chang, Chew-Hung; Pascua, Liberty – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2016
Climate change is an important theme in the investigation of human-environment interactions in geographic education. This study explored the nature of students' understanding of concepts and processes related to climate change. Through semi-structured interviews, data was collected from 27 Secondary 3 (Grade 9) students from Singapore. The data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Secondary School Students, Grade 9
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Holmboe, Christian – Computer Science Education, 2005
Constructing a data model for a problem area requires identifying and formulating some symbolic representation of the concepts involved, their characteristics, and the relationships between them. Taking a socio-cultural perspective on learning, analysis of classroom dialog is used to identify cognitive challenges met by novice students of data…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Psycholinguistics, Metalinguistics