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Rozenszajn, Ronit; Kavod, Galia Zer; Machluf, Yossy – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
The Repertory Grid Technique (RGT) is a qualitative method, based on the Personal Construct Psychology (PCP) theory, which provides a powerful tool to elicit tacit personal construction systems, with minimal intervention and interpretation. Although the contributory potential of the RGT as a cognitive research tool in science education has been…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Psychology, Theories, Science Education
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Parker, J.; Heywood, D. – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Explores the tension between subject knowledge and pedagogic content knowledge in elementary teacher education by documenting students' and inservice teachers' learning about forces in the context of floating and sinking. Describes significant features of the learning process and examines subject-specific aspects of learning by demonstrating how…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Force
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Fouzder, Nani B.; Markwick, Andrew J. W. – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Describes the affective factors involved in the academic progress and achievement of newly-arrived bilingual twins in a secondary school in London. Finds that different personality traits and self-perceptions resulted in the development of their divergent personal learning styles, and that task interest, appropriate learning strategies, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries