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Stieff, Mike; Scopelitis, Stephanie; Lira, Matthew E.; DeSutter, Dane – Science Education, 2016
Representational competence is a primary contributor to student learning in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines and an optimal target for instruction at all educational levels. We describe the design and implementation of a learning activity that uses concrete models to improve students' representational competence and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Science Education, Chemistry
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Martin, Michael – Science Education, 1971
Descriptors: College Science, Critical Thinking, Instruction, Logic
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Brown, Patrick L.; Abell, Sandra K.; Demir, Abdulkadir; Schmidt, Francis J. – Science Education, 2006
The purposes of this study were to (a) gain an understanding of the views of inquiry held by faculty members involved in undergraduate science teaching and (b) describe the challenges, constraints, and opportunities that they perceived in designing and teaching inquiry-based laboratories. Participants included 19 college professors, representing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Activities, Science Laboratories, College Science