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Daniel Elford; Garth A. Jones; Simon J. Lancaster – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2024
Peer Instruction (PI), a student-centred teaching method, engages students during class through structured, frequent questioning, facilitated by classroom response systems. The central feature of PI is the ConcepTest, a question designed to help resolve student misconceptions around the subject content. Within our coordination chemistry PI…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Computer Simulation
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King, Chris John Henry – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
Surveys of the earth science content of all secondary (high school) science textbooks and related publications used in England and Wales have revealed high levels of error/misconception. The 29 science textbooks or textbook series surveyed (51 texts in all) showed poor coverage of National Curriculum earth science and contained a mean level of one…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Materials, Textbooks, National Curriculum
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Hodgson, Claire – Primary Science, 2010
Assessment for Learning (AfL)--assessment that focuses on the gap between present performance and the desired goal--is integral to teaching and learning, and its importance has been recognised over a number of years. With the new status of science assessment in England, following the changes to key stage testing, a research team at the National…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Science Tests, Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries