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Kason Ka Ching Cheung; Alis Oancea; Sibel Erduran – Science Education, 2025
Students' understanding of nature of science (NOS) has been largely examined primarily in written or verbal modes. The visual, verbal, and written modes are essential for students' meaning-making of NOS. However, research has sidelined the interaction among these three modes in understanding students' collaborative discourse of NOS. Informed by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Modalities, Scientific Principles, Grade 7
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Gillies, Robyn M.; Nichols, Kim; Khan, Asaduzzaman – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2015
Teaching students to use and interpret representations in science is critically important if they are to become scientifically literate and learn how to communicate their understandings and learning in science. This study involved 248 students (119 boys and 129 girls) from 26 grade 6 teachers' classes in nine primary schools in Brisbane,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation