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Direct linkCullinane, Alison; Hillier, Judith; Childs, Ann; Erduran, Sibel – Research in Science Education, 2023
This article utilizes a framework for classifying different scientific methods suggested by a philosopher of science (Brandon "Synthese," 99, 59-73, 1994) called Brandon's Matrix. It presents findings from teachers who took part in a funded project in England that looked at the nature of scientific methods in science investigations.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Matrices, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Murphy, Cliona; Varley, Janet; Veale, Orlaith – Research in Science Education, 2012
This paper reports on a national study that explored primary pupils' attitudes towards and experiences of school science in the Republic of Ireland. The study focussed on collecting data from children and in doing so recognises the importance of children's views as an essential part of reviewing curriculum implementation. The findings of this…
Descriptors: Evidence, Curriculum Implementation, Investigations, Student Attitudes
Lee, Gyoungho; Byun, Taejin – Research in Science Education, 2012
Bringing successful teaching approaches for stimulating conceptual change to normal classrooms has been a major challenge not only for teachers but also for researchers. In this study, we focused on the relationship between cognitive conflict and responses to anomalous data when students are confronted with a counterintuitive demonstration in the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Conflict, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries
Lopes, J. Bernardino; Branco, Julia; Jimenez-Aleixandre, Maria Pilar – Research in Science Education, 2011
According to the literature, there is a very important corpus of knowledge that allows for the investigation of some dimensions of "learning experience" provided to students, in relation to epistemic, pedagogical and meta-cognitive practices. However, in the literature, there is little investigation into the invariance (or not) of the…
Descriptors: Investigations, Student Attitudes, Learning Experience, Teaching Methods
Xu, Lihua; Clarke, David – Research in Science Education, 2012
Density has been reported as one of the most difficult concepts for secondary school students (e.g. Smith et al. 1997). Discussion about the difficulties of learning this concept has been largely focused on the complexity of the concept itself or student misconceptions. Few, if any, have investigated how the concept of density was constituted in…
Descriptors: Discussion, Scientific Concepts, Grade 7, Misconceptions
Peer reviewedToh, Kok-Aun; And Others – Research in Science Education, 1997
Investigates students' (N=277) performance and the effects of pre-training on tasks rated high in ambiguity, in particular those where the solution to the tasks cannot be arrived at through predictable algorithms. Findings show pre-training to be a significant factor in improving students' ability to plan and carry out open-ended investigations.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inquiry
