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Gültepe, Nejla – Pedagogical Research, 2021
One of the complex units of chemistry education is acid-base equilibria, and learners have difficulty constructing cognitive structures on the subject. The aim of this study is to examine the conceptions of pre-service chemistry teachers with regard to weak acid-base equilibria using a diagnostic test. A qualitative research method was employed as…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Diagnostic Tests
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An, Song; Hachey, Alyse; Tillman, Daniel; Divis, Danielle; Birdwell, Bryn – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2023
The current study was conducted with the goal of helping to address the research gap of improving preservice teachers' pedagogical knowledge about probability by investigating how preservice teachers explored concepts of probability during aleatoric music composition, as well as their contemplation process during follow-up reflections focused on…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Probability, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Kumandas, Bahar; Ateskan, Armagan; Lane, Jennie – Journal of Biological Education, 2019
Teachers need to be aware of biology misconceptions in their classrooms and how to address them. In response, researchers and science educators have suggested and examined effective practices to prevent and ameliorate misconceptions. An extensive review of the literature gives researchers and educators insights into trends, practices, and gaps in…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Misconceptions, Content Analysis
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Harris, Jessica C.; Patton, Lori D. – Journal of Higher Education, 2019
Grounded in Black feminist and critical race theories, legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw introduced the term "intersectionality" to the academy in 1989 to demonstrate how U.S. structures, such as the legal system, and discourses of resistance, such as feminism and anti-racism, often frame identities as isolated and mutually exclusive,…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Feminism, Critical Theory, Higher Education
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Saraçoglu, Hanife; Dogan, Mevlüde; Kol, Özge – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2017
This study aims to determine the challenges faced by mathematics teacher-candidates on unit conversion and dimensional analysis. The research was conducted using content analysis method of qualitative research methods. The study group consists of 66 people, 50 females and 16 males, elected through appropriate sampling method, studying at state…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physics, Mathematics Teachers, Content Analysis
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Diamond, Aurel H.; Stylianides, Andreas J. – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2017
In this exploratory study, we investigated the personal epistemologies of statisticians in academia with the aim of offering some insight into what might be an availing epistemology for learning statistics. Findings from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with six academics in the UK currently researching within the field of statistics showed…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, College Faculty, Statistics
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Nimmermark, Anders; Ohrstrom, Lars; Mårtensson, Jerker; Davidowitz, Bette – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
Almost 700 Swedish and South African students from the upper secondary school and first-term chemistry university level responded to our survey on concepts of chemical bonding. The national secondary school curricula and most common textbooks for both countries were also surveyed and compared for their content on chemical bonding. Notable…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Science Instruction
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Zhou, Qing; Wang, Tingting; Zheng, Qi – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
The purpose of this study was primarily to explore high school students' cognitive structures and to identify their learning difficulties on ethanoic acid through the flow map method. The subjects of this study were 30 grade 1 students from Dong Yuan Road Senior High School in Xi'an, China. The interviews were conducted a week after the students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Secondary School Science, Chemistry
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Vural, Ömer Faruk – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
Social Networking Sites (SNS) have become popular among students and faculties, especially for all young population. SNSs are a relatively new technology, and little research has been conducted on the beliefs of the teacher candidates about using Social Network as an instructional tool. The study was conducted to find out for what purposes…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Focus Groups, Teaching Methods, Teacher Education
Rhim, Lauren Morando; Kowal, Julie – National Association of State Directors of Special Education, 2008
This special report is a supplement to a series of special education primers created to inform state officials, authorizers and charter school operators about special education in the charter sector. The primer series also provides tools to help these stakeholders build charter school capacity to provide special education and related services. In…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Special Education, Virtual Classrooms, Research Reports