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Tirre, Frederike; Kampschulte, Lorenz; Thoma, Gun-Brit; Höffler, Tim; Parchmann, Ilka – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2019
Background: This article describes the design and the evaluation of a student lab program on the topic of nanoscience and technology (NST), mainly focusing on Nanoscience and its applications. The program was designed for students in grades 8-10 and was part of a larger outreach program of the Collaborative Research Center 'Function by Switching'…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Design, Science Laboratories, Intervention
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Strippel, C. G.; Sommer, K. – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Learning about scientific inquiry (SI) is an important aspect of scientific literacy and there is a solid international consensus of what should be learned about it. Learning about SI comprises both the doing of science (process) and knowledge about the nature of scientific inquiry (NOSI). German reform documents promote inquiry generally but do…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Inquiry, Chemistry, Scientific Principles
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Cagiltay, N. E.; Aydin, E.; Aydin, C. C.; Kara, A.; Alexandru, M. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
This paper discusses the results of a study of the requirements for developing a remote radio frequency (RF) laboratory for electrical engineering students. It investigates students' preferred usage of the technical content of a state-of-the-art RF laboratory. The results of this study are compared to previous findings, which dealt with other user…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Instructional Design, Case Studies, Scientific Principles
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Plomer, Michael; Jessen, Karsten; Rangelov, Georgi; Meyer, Michael – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2010
The learning outcome of a physics laboratory course for medical students was examined in an interdisciplinary field study and discussed for the electrical physiology ("Propagation of Excitation and Nerve Cells"). At the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU) at a time about 300 medicine students were assessed in two successive…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Scientific Principles, Concept Mapping, Medical Students