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Derman, Aysegül; Kayacan, Kadriye – Online Submission, 2017
A non-experimental descriptive and correlational design was used to examine the "notion of the nature of scientific model, atom achievement and correlation between the two" held by a total sample of 76 prospective science teachers. "Students' Understanding of Models in Science" scale was utilized to evaluate the views of the…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Scientific Principles, Models
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Sarac, Hakan; Tarhan, Devrim – European Journal of Educational Research, 2017
In the rapidly developing age of technology, the contribution of using multimedia-supported instructional materials in the field of teaching technologies to science education has been increasing steadily. The purpose of this research is to compare the multimedia learning instructional materials prepared according to the 7E learning model and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Statistical Analysis, Instructional Materials, Experimental Groups
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Saglam-Arslan, Aysegul; Devecioglu, Yasemin – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2010
This study was conducted to determine the level of student teachers' understandings of Newton's laws of motion and relating these levels to identify student teachers' models of understanding. An achievement test composed of two parts comprising 12 open ended questions was constructed and given to 45 pre-service classroom teachers. The first part…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Physics, Achievement Tests, Motion
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Turgut, Halil; Akcay, Hakan; Irez, Serhat – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2010
The arguments about the dimensions of nature of science and the strategies for teaching it are still controversial. In this research, as part of these arguments, a context based on the issue of demarcation of science from pseudoscience was offered and questioned for its effectiveness in nature of science teaching. The research was planned for an…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Values, Science Education, Educational Strategies
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Niaz, Mansoor; Costu, Bayram – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2009
Research in science education has recognized the importance of teaching atomic structure within a history and philosophy of science perspective. The objective of this study is to evaluate general chemistry textbooks published in Turkey based on the eight criteria developed in previous research. Criteria used referred to the atomic models of…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Nuclear Physics, Chemistry, Foreign Countries