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Direct linkLee, Hee-Sun; Liu, Ou Lydia; Price, C. Aaron; Kendall, Amber L. M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
The purpose of this study was to explore college students' recognition of temporal magnitudes associated with durations of scientific changes through construct validation of a 30-item instrument. We administered the instrument to 514 students from 10 higher education institutions in the United States. Among them, 419 students took the instrument…
Descriptors: College Students, Construct Validity, Validity, Psychometrics
Lewis, Eileen L.; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2003
We conducted two studies of beliefs about laboratory and everyday thermal phenomena. The first study identified concepts of heat energy and temperature held by adolescents, adults, and scientists. We found a classic separation of "school" and "everyday" knowledge in each population. We conducted clinical interviews with 37 middle school students,…
Descriptors: Scientists, Adolescents, Science Curriculum, Scores
Lynch, Sharon; Kuipers, Joel; Pyke, Curtis; Szesze, Michael – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
This article reports on the results of a planning grant studying the effects of a highly rated curriculum unit on a diverse student population. The treatment was introduced to 1500 eighth grade students in five middle schools selected for their ethnic, linguistic, and socioeconomic diversity. Students were given pre-, post-, and delayed posttests…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Middle School Students, Secondary School Science, Racial Differences
