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Peer reviewedGriffiths, Alan K.; Barman, Charles R. – Australian Science Teachers Journal, 1993
Describes a study in which secondary students (N=32) were interviewed to determine their understanding of the nature of scientific knowledge. Presents some of the strengths and weaknesses of these views and provides cross-cultural comparisons. (DDR)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Structures, Cross Cultural Studies, Epistemology
Peer reviewedColl, Richard K.; Treagust, David F. – Research in Science and Technological Education, 2002
Explores whether exposure to increasingly sophisticated mental models at different points in a chemistry education class showed up in patterns of preference and use of models in interpreting physical properties and phenomena. (Contains 92 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedStephenson, Philip; Warwick, Paul – Investigating, 2001
Provides a progression of terms of underlying concepts related to moving and falling objects, and links these concepts to activities that are appropriate for various age ranges. Speculates on the role of teacher knowledge in effective science teaching. (DDR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Knowledge Representation
