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Wendt, Jillian L.; Rockinson-Szapkiw, Amanda – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2014
This quantitative, quasi-experimental pretest/posttest control group design examined the effects of online collaborative learning on middle school students' science literacy. For a 9-week period, students in the control group participated in collaborative face-to-face activities whereas students in the experimental group participated in online…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Misconceptions, Pretests Posttests, Statistical Analysis
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Allen, Michael – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
Pupils' expectation-related errors oppose the development of an appropriate scientific attitude towards empirical evidence and the learning of accepted science content, representing a hitherto neglected area of research in science education. In spite of these apparent drawbacks, a pedagogy is described that "encourages" pupils to allow their…
Descriptors: Expectation, Scientific Attitudes, Science Education, Students