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Kaliampos, George; Ravanis, Konstantinos; Vavougios, Denis – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
The aim of the present study is to explore on the alternative conceptions of impetus theory and projectile motion of students with high functioning autism spectrum disorders and compare them with those of typical development. For this purpose, an experimental investigation was conducted with 19 students with high-functioning autism (age range:…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Adolescents, Motion
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Ian Thacker; Hannah French; Shon Feder – International Journal of Science Education, 2025
Presenting novel numbers about climate change to people after they estimate those numbers can shift their attitudes and scientific conceptions. Prior research suggests that such science learning can be supported by encouraging learners to make use of given benchmark information, however there are several other numerical estimation skills that may…
Descriptors: Climate, Computation, College Students, Hispanic American Students
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McLure, Felicity; Won, Mihye; Treagust, David F. – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
Understanding plate tectonics is pivotal to development of an integrated understanding of Geoscience topics. However, geology is frequently introduced to students in lower secondary school by describing separate processes, such as sedimentary rock formation, rather than investigating the overall driving forces for change. This study investigated…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Freehand Drawing, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts
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Kluge, Anders – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
This article investigates how interactive representations can be used to enhance conceptual learning. It is a naturalistic study of 14 students in four groups aged 16--17 years working with an interactive simulator. The article is based on qualitative data to enable analyses of the students' processes of conceptual learning as interactive…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Students, Computer Simulation, Learning Processes
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Reinfried, Sibylle; Tempelmann, Sebastian – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
This paper provides a video-based learning process study that investigates the kinds of mental models of the atmospheric greenhouse effect 13-year-old learners have and how these mental models change with a learning environment, which is optimised in regard to instructional psychology. The objective of this explorative study was to observe and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Climate, Scientific Concepts
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Venville, Grady; Donovan, Jenny – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
This paper presents a case study of a teaching intervention designed to enrich Year 2 students' theory of biology through the introduction of causal mechanisms of inheritance such as the gene and DNA. The researchers worked collaboratively with the classroom teacher to design the intervention based on the students' prior knowledge of living things…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Intervention, Biology, Genetics
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Tytler, Russell – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Constructs case studies of individuals to explore the way conceptions change over time, and the difficulties presented by the concept of atmospheric pressure. Evaluates different structural theories of conceptual change. Contains 62 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education
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Taber, Keith S. – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Many students of chemistry demonstrate alternative conceptions about some fundamental aspects of chemistry. Suggests that research evidence provides strong support for this view. Contains 45 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Johnson, Philip – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Reports the findings of a study that suggest that alternative ideas can form part of a progression toward a scientifically acceptable model. Argues that teaching may be inadvertently promoting alternative ideas as endpoints. Contains 38 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Park, Jongwon – International Journal of Science Education, 2006
It has recently been determined that generating an explanatory hypothesis to explain a discrepant event is important for students' conceptual change. The purpose of this study is to investigate how students' generate new explanatory hypotheses. To achieve this goal, questions are used to identify students prior ideas related to electromagnetic…
Descriptors: College Students, Thinking Skills, Scientific Concepts, Prior Learning
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Tytler, Russell – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Finds that children are naturally generative in their construction of explanations but that they use conceptions in quite complex and fluid ways. Argues that naive conceptions maintain a valuable function. Contains 43 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Taber, Keith S. – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Addresses the interface between two scientific disciplines, chemistry and physics, and suggests that learners do not readily integrate their knowledge across such domains. Recommends further research on how demarcations encourage learners. Contains 46 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, High Schools
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Johnson, Philip – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Explores the development of children's conception of a substance and reports the findings in relation to children's understanding of boiling water and particle ideas. Argues that boiling water should have a broad significance in the curriculum. Contains 23 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Yip, Din-yan – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Uses an instrument designed to identify misconceptions in biology to reveal that novice biology teachers hold a number of conceptual errors which are also prevalent among secondary science students. Contains 44 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Trumper, Ricardo – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Experiences with an instructional strategy which enabled students to build for themselves the appropriate scientific concept for energy are described. This was done by pupil/teacher dialogue in small groups, in which students were expected to create for themselves a "generalization mechanism" based on their own frameworks. (KR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Energy, Foreign Countries
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