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Baytelman, Andreani; Iordanou, Kalypso; Constantinou, Constantinos P. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2020
This study investigates whether university students' epistemic beliefs and prior knowledge about controversial socioscientific issues (SSIs) can predict the different types of arguments that students construct. Two hundred forty-three university students were asked to construct different types of supportive arguments--social, ethical, economic,…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Beliefs, Prior Learning, Persuasive Discourse
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Vosniadou, Stella; Skopeliti, Irini – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Research has shown that differences in the prior knowledge of the participants and in the learning indexes adopted can explain why some studies show positive learning effects of analogy enriched text while others do not. In the present studies, these two factors were combined into one through the construction of a learning index that measured…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, College Students, Science Education, Reading Comprehension
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Novick, Laura R.; Schreiber, Emily G.; Catley, Kefyn M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2014
With applications of Tree of Life data becoming ever more prevalent in everyday contexts, tree thinking has emerged as a vital component of scientific literacy. This article reports a study testing the hypothesis that instruction in natural selection, which is the primary focus of US evolution education at the high school and introductory college…
Descriptors: Evolution, Science Instruction, Hypothesis Testing, Biology
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Smith, Betty Lou; Holliday, William G.; Austin, Homer W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
Despite the heavy reliance on textbooks in college courses, research indicates that college students enrolled in first-year science courses are not proficient at comprehending informational text. The present study investigated a reading comprehension questioning strategy with origins in clinical research based in elaboration interrogation theory,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, College Students, Intervals, Textbooks
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Songer, Catherine J.; Mintzes, Joel J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1994
Explores and documents the frequencies of conceptual difficulties confronted by college students (n=200) seeking to understand the basic processes of cellular respiration. Findings suggest that novices harbor a wide range of conceptual difficulties that constrain their understanding of cellular respiration and many of these conceptual problems…
Descriptors: Biology, College Students, Concept Formation, Higher Education