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Direct linkMatovu, Henry; Won, Mihye; Treagust, David Franklin; Mocerino, Mauro; Ungu, Dewi Ayu Kencana; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Tasker, Roy – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
Recent studies have reported a growing trend of using student-generated diagrams for assessment in science teaching and research. However, many educators tend to use diagrams to explore students' perceptions of scientists and their work rather than explore conceptual understanding of abstract concepts. In this study, we used diagrams to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Molecular Structure, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Etherington, Sarah J.; Callan, Natalie; Koh, Shu Hui; Hourani, Tamara; Nolton, Marnie – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
This article showcases the redesign of an introductory undergraduate vertebrate physiology unit at Murdoch University (BMS107) to promote student mastery of six Core Concepts of Physiology (Michael J, Cliff W, McFarland J, Modell H, Wright A, SpringerLink. "The Core Concepts of Physiology: a New Paradigm for Teaching Physiology," 2017).…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Physiology, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts
Matovu, Henry; Won, Mihye; Treagust, David Franklin; Ungu, Dewi Ayu Kencana; Mocerino, Mauro; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Tasker, Roy – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
In recent years, chemistry educators are increasingly adopting immersive virtual reality (IVR) technology to help learners visualise molecular interactions. However, educational studies on IVR mostly investigated its usability and user perceptions leaving out its impact on improving conceptual understanding. If they evaluated students' knowledge…
Descriptors: Science Education, Chemistry, Computer Simulation, Undergraduate Students
Salimpour, Saeed; Tytler, Russell; Doig, Brian; Fitzgerald, Michael T.; Eriksson, Urban – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2023
Cosmology concepts encompass complex spatial and temporal relations that are counterintuitive. Cosmology findings, because of their intrinsic interest, are often reported in the public domain with enthusiasm, and students come to cosmology with a range of conceptions some aligned and some at variance with the current science. This makes cosmology…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Concept Formation, Test Construction, Test Validity
Jina Chang; Joonhyeong Park; Kok-Sing Tang; David F. Treagust; Mihye Won – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2024
Background: To support collaborative drawing, it is essential to investigate how students make collaborative drawings and how these contribute to elaborating their ideas. This study examines how 5th and 6th grade students' group drawings contributed to increased levels of explanations of their drawings about sound transmission. Methods: We…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Freehand Drawing, Scientific Concepts, Science Education
Brown, Daniel; Uebergang, Tanya; Masters, Nicole; Towstoless, Michelle; Hayes, Alan; Hryciw, Deanne H.; Lexis, Louise; Tangalakis, Kathy – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
Australia-wide consensus was reached on seven core concepts of physiology. The "movement of substances" core concept with the descriptor "the movement of substances (ions or molecules) is a fundamental process that occurs at all levels of organization in the organism" was unpacked by a team of three Australian physiology…
Descriptors: Physiology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Molecular Structure
Saeed Salimpour; Michael Fitzgerald; Robert Hollow – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Over the years, there have been various calls to increase and better represent astronomy in curricula. This is motivated by views within the astronomy and astronomy education communities that the awe, wonder, and interdisciplinary nature of astronomy has the potential to engage students in STEM across disciplines. Reviews of curricula have shown…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Physics, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries
Fragkiadaki, Glykeria; Fleer, Marilyn; Rai, Prabhat – Research in Science Education, 2023
A substantial number of empirical studies in the field of Early Childhood Science Education have explored science concept formation in early childhood educational settings. Most of these studies focus on the process of science concept formation during a teaching intervention or a school year period. However, less is known about how children form…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Toddlers, Young Children
Boublil, Shachar; Blair, David; Treagust, David F. – Teaching Science, 2023
The demand for improving student interest in science has increased efforts toward teaching Einstein's theory of general relativity in schools. Research has already shown that teaching Einsteinian gravity at the secondary level is feasible, however, appropriate resources must be readily available for science teachers to make Einsteinian gravity…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Scientific Concepts, Physics, Middle School Students
Suzanne Estaphan; Glenn D. Wadley; Gabrielle Todd; Michelle Towstoless; Deanne H. Hryciw; Louise Lexis; Alan Hayes; Kathy Tangalakis – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
A national Task Force of 25 Australian physiology educators used the Delphi protocol to develop seven physiology core concepts that were agreed to nationally. The aim of the current study was to unpack the "physiological adaptation" core concept with the descriptor "organisms adjust and adapt to acute and chronic changes in the…
Descriptors: Physiology, Scientific Concepts, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Chopin, Lisa K.; Choate, Julia; Rathner, Joseph A.; Towstoless, Michelle; Hayes, Alan; Hryciw, Deanne H.; Lexis, Louise; Tangalakis, Kathy – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
An Australia-wide consensus was reached on seven core concepts of physiology, one of which was cell-cell communication. Three physiology educators from a "core concepts" Delphi task force "unpacked" this core concept into seven different themes and 60 subthemes. Cell-cell communication, previously unpacked and validated, was…
Descriptors: Physiology, Science Instruction, Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries
Etherington, Sarah J.; Moorhouse, Andrew J.; Paravicini, Tamara M.; Towstoless, Michelle; Hayes, Alan; Hryciw, Deanne H.; Lexis, Louise; Tangalakis, Kathy – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
A task force of physiology educators from 25 Australian universities generated an Australia-wide consensus on seven core concepts for physiology curricula. One adopted core concept was "cell membrane," defined as "Cell membranes determine what substances enter or leave the cell and its organelles. They are essential for cell…
Descriptors: Physiology, Science Instruction, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts
Saeed Salimpour; Russell Tytler; Michael T. Fitzgerald; Urban Eriksson – Journal for STEM Education Research, 2023
Cosmology presents students with ideas that stimulate their curiosity and brings together various concepts from STEM that call on a variety of reasoning types across multiple representational modes, involving subtleties of spacetime relations, a variety of models and evidence requiring multiple lines of high precision observations. This study…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Thinking Skills, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts
Tangalakis, Kathy; Lexis, Louise; Hryciw, Deanne H.; Towstoless, Michelle; Bakker, Anthony J.; Beckett, Elizabeth; Brown, Daniel; Cameron, Melissa; Choate, Julia; Chopin, Lisa; Cooke, Matthew B.; Douglas, Tracy; Estaphan, Suzanne; Etherington, Sarah; Gaganis, Voula; Moorhouse, Andrew; Moro, Christian; Paravicini, Tamara; Perry, Ben; Phillips, Ruben; Scott, Christopher; Todd, Gabrielle; Uebergang, Tanya; Wadley, Glenn; Watt, Matthew; Hayes, Alan – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
A set of core concepts ("big ideas") integral to the discipline of physiology are important for students to understand and demonstrate their capacity to apply. We found poor alignment of learning outcomes in programs with physiology majors (or equivalent) from 17 Australian universities and the 15 core concepts developed by a team in the…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Science Instruction, Physiology, Scientific Concepts
The Quality of Teacher-Child Interactions during the Enactment of Playful Science Games in Preschool
Guarrella, Cristina; Cohrssen, Caroline; van Driel, Jan – Early Education and Development, 2022
Research Findings: This research aims to examine the affordances for high quality instructional support offered by the Northern Territory Preschool Science Games, alongside differences between classroom quality during the enactment of this teaching resource and the broader early childhood program. Applying a multiple-case study approach, quality…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Interaction, Science Education, Preschool Teachers
