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Baptista, Mónica; Martins, Iva; Conceição, Teresa – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2019
The purpose of this research was to know what the effect of the use of multiple representations (MR) was in the development of the students' cognitive structures. This research was conducted in three Grade 12 classes, in a total of 68 students. A Word Association Test (WAT) was used as data collection instrument. The results from WAT show that…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Grade 12, High School Students
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Marques, Luis; Thompson, David – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1997
Uses interviews and a written questionnaire to probe students' ideas on the origin of earth and life on earth. A significant number of commonly held misconceptions were prevalent in the sample (N=493). Provides guidelines to assist learners in challenging existing views. Contains 64 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Biology, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation