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Taking on the Heat--A Narrative Account of How Infrared Cameras Invite Instant Inquiry
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Haglund, Jesper; Jeppsson, Fredrik; Schönborn, Konrad J. – Research in Science Education, 2016
Integration of technology, social learning and scientific models offers pedagogical opportunities for science education. A particularly interesting area is thermal science, where students often struggle with abstract concepts, such as heat. In taking on this conceptual obstacle, we explore how hand-held infrared (IR) visualization technology can…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Photography, Energy, Physics
Identifying Taiwanese University Students' Physics Learning Profiles and Their Role in Physics Learning Self-Efficacy
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Lin, Tzung-Jin; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Research in Science Education, 2015
The main purposes of this study were to identify Taiwanese university students' physics learning profiles in terms of their critical conceptions of learning physics and to compare their physics learning self-efficacy with the different learning profiles. A total of 250 Taiwanese undergraduates who were majoring in physics participated in this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, College Science, Physics
Distractions in the School Science Laboratory
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Hamza, Karim M. – Research in Science Education, 2013
In this article, I make a case for the potential educative worth of distractions for learning science in the school laboratory. Distractions are operationalized as experiences lying outside the main purpose of the laboratory activity, thereby diverting students' attention from that purpose. Through a practical epistemology analysis, I…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Science Instruction, Science Activities, Epistemology
Characterizing High School Students' Written Explanations in Biology Laboratories
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Peker, Deniz; Wallace, Carolyn S. – Research in Science Education, 2011
The purpose of this qualitative interpretive research study was to examine high school students' written scientific explanations during biology laboratory investigations. Specifically, we characterized the types of epistemologies and forms of reasoning involved in students' scientific explanations and students' perceptions of scientific…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Student Attitudes, Science Laboratories, Biology
A Student-Centred Approach: Assessing the Changes in Prospective Science Teachers' Conceptual Understanding by Concept Mapping in a General Chemistry Laboratory
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Kaya, Osman Nafiz – Research in Science Education, 2008
Although researchers in higher education propose alternatives to traditional approaches to assessment, traditional methods are commonly used in college or university science courses. The purpose of this study was to explore the feasibility and validity of Prospective Science Teachers' (PSTs) concept maps as authentic assessment tools in a…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Performance Based Assessment, Chemistry, Science Teachers
Research in Science Education, Volume 1990. Selected Refereed Papers from the Annual Conference of the Australasian Science Education Research Association (21st, Perth, Western Australia, July 1990).
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Gardner, Paul L., Ed. – Research in Science Education, 1990
This book contains selected refereed papers from the 21st Annual Conference of the Australasian Science Education Research Association. The papers are as follows: "A Learning Model for Science Education: Developing Teaching Strategies" (Appleton); "Researching Balance between Cognition and Affect in Science Teaching" (Baird et…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education