ERIC Number: ED279547
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 246
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Research in Science Education, Volume 16. Selections of Papers From the Annual Conference of the Australian Science Education Research Association (17th, Adelaide, South Australia, May, 1986).
Tisher, Richard P., Ed.
Selections of papers from the seventeenth annual conference of the Australian Science Education Research Association are presented in this volume of Research in Science Education (RISE). A diversity of themes are addressed and include new topic areas as well as concerns that have been cited in previous issues of RISE. The papers focus on such themes as: (1) gender differences in science education; (2) action research projects associated with learning in science; (3) curriculum frameworks; (4) computer simulations; (5) Piagetian concepts; (6) nature of students' questions; (7) research on science teacher education; (8) misconceptions of science phenomena; and (9) schematic representations of knowledge. Also provided are research notes, the addresses of the authors of the papers, and guidelines for submission of the papers. (ML)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Misconceptions, Piagetian Theory, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Sex Differences, Teacher Education
Prof. Richard T. White, Business Manager, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, Australia.
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Australian Science Education Research Association.
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