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Direct linkMesci, Gunkut; Schwartz, Renee' S. – Research in Science Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to assess preservice teachers' views of Nature of Science (NOS), identify aspects that were challenging for conceptual change, and explore reasons why. This study particularly focused on why and how some concepts of NOS may be more easily altered than others. Fourteen preservice science teachers enrolled in a NOS and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Scientific Attitudes, Beliefs, Attitude Change
Eastwood, Jennifer L.; Sadler, Troy D.; Sherwood, Robert D.; Schlegel, Whitney M. – Research in Science Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine whether Socioscientific Issues (SSI) based learning environments affect university students' epistemological understanding of scientific inquiry differently from traditional science educational contexts. We identify and compare conceptions of scientific inquiry of students participating in an…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Science and Society, Undergraduate Students
Cokelez, Aytekin – Research in Science Education, 2012
The concept of the atom is one of the building blocks of science education. Although the concept is a foundation for students' subsequent learning experiences, it is difficult for students to comprehend because of common misconceptions and its abstractness. The purpose of this study is to examine junior high school students' (ages 12-13) ideas…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Misconceptions, Junior High School Students
Salta, Katerina; Tzougraki, Chryssa – Research in Science Education, 2011
The students' performance in various types of problems dealing with the conservation of matter during chemical reactions has been investigated at different levels of schooling. The participants were 499 ninth grade (ages 14, 15 years) and 624 eleventh grade (ages 16, 17 years) Greek students. Data was collected using a written questionnaire…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Chemistry, Problem Solving, Correlation
Prokop, Pavol; Kubiatko, Milan; Fancovicova – Research in Science Education, 2007
Research into children's ideas showed that children's interpretations of natural phenomena often differ from those of scientists. The aim of our study was to identify children's ideas of various age classes (7/8-14/15) about birds. A questionnaire with 31 multiple choice and open ended questions and eight photographs were administered to 495…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Concept Formation, Misconceptions, Animals
Mutonyi, Harriet; Nashon, Samson; Nielsen, Wendy S. – Research in Science Education, 2010
In Uganda, curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS has largely depended on public and private media messages about the disease. Media campaigns based on Uganda's cultural norms of communication are metaphorical, analogical and simile-like. The topic of HIV/AIDS has been introduced into the Senior Three (Grade 11) biology curriculum in Uganda. To what…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Student Attitudes, Communicable Diseases, Prior Learning
Peer reviewedGalili, Igal – Research in Science Education, 1995
Investigated students' understanding of the concept of weightlessness and found it to be influenced by the confusion between the concepts of weight and gravitational force. The causal structure of students' knowledge presents a platform for interpreting students' alternative ideas about weight and related physical concepts, which could guide…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Gravity (Physics), High School Students
