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Cognitive Influences of Students' Alternative Conceptions within a Hands-On Gene Technology Module
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Franke, Gaitano; Bogner, Franz X. – Journal of Educational Research, 2011
In a German out-of-school laboratory, 293 medium-achieving 10th-grade students participated in a lesson unit about gene technology. They were divided into two groups (I-1, I-2), both of which followed the same hands-on lesson procedure. Students within I-2 were additionally confronted with alternative conceptions to central issues of the specific…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Misconceptions, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement
Learning at Workstations in Two Different Environments: A Museum and a Classroom
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Sturm, Heike; Bogner, Franz X. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2010
Our study compared the learning and motivational outcome of one educational approach in two different learning environments, a natural science museum and a classroom, drawing on studies about the effects of field trips on students' learning and motivation. The educational intervention consisted of an introduction phase in the classroom and…
Descriptors: Field Trips, Quasiexperimental Design, Student Attitudes, Motivation
Concept Map Structure, Gender and Teaching Methods: An Investigation of Students' Science Learning
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Gerstner, Sabine; Bogner, Franz X. – Educational Research, 2009
Background: This study deals with the application of concept mapping to the teaching and learning of a science topic with secondary school students in Germany. Purpose: The main research questions were: (1) Do different teaching approaches affect concept map structure or students' learning success? (2) Is the structure of concept maps influenced…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Age, Maps, Classification