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Hrin, Tamara; Milenkovic, Dušica; Segedinac, Mirjana – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2018
The importance of well elaborated cognitive structures in a science knowledge domain has been noted in many studies. Therefore, the main aim of this particular study was to employ a new diagrammatic assessment approach, students' generated systemic synthesis questions (SSynQs), to evaluate and compare the quality of high school students' and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Preservice Teachers, Cognitive Structures
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Aydin-Gunbatar, Sevgi; Tarkin-Celikkiran, Aysegul; Kutucu, Elif Selcan; Ekiz-Kiran, Betul – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2018
In this study, we sought to examine the influence of a 12-week design-based elective Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) course on pre-service chemistry teachers' content knowledge, STEM conceptions, and engineering and engineering design views. To attain the goals determined, we utilized five STEM activities starting with a…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Engineering Education, Chemistry, Science Tests
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Ozdilek, Zehra – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate how a mixed-method case study affects pre-service science teachers' awareness of hexavalent chromium pollution and content knowledge about the properties of chromium's different oxidation states. The study was conducted in Turkey with 55 sophomores during the fall semester of 2013-2014. The students…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Case Studies, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers
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Mavhunga, Elizabeth – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) observed in one topic is commonly understood not to be transferable to another topic. This study asked, what can then be transferred in the context of learning and acquiring PCK? The study firstly posits the existence of a generic pedagogical competence that is developed in pre-service teachers to pedagogically…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Scientific Concepts
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Adadan, Emine – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2014
This mixed method study mainly explored how the extent of pre-service chemistry teachers' understanding of the particle nature of matter (PNM) affects their understanding of solution chemistry in the context of multirepresentational (MR) instruction. The ultimate goal was to describe the levels of understanding of specific solution chemistry…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Preservice Teachers, Scientific Concepts, Comprehension
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Kibar, Zeynep Bak; Yaman, Fatma; Ayas, Alipasa – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2013
The use of concept mapping as a tool to measure the meaningful learning of students is the focus of this study. The study was carried out with 24 last year students (22 years old) from the Department of Chemistry Teaching at Fatih Faculty of Education, Karadeniz Technical University (KTU). Prospective Chemistry Teachers (PCT) were asked to create…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Science Teachers