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Peer reviewedGess-Newsome, Julie – Science and Education, 2002
Describes and evaluates an elementary science methods course in which the nature of science and scientific inquiry are embedded and explicitly taught. As a result of the course, incoming conceptions of science as primarily a body of knowledge changed to a more appropriate, blended view of science as a body of knowledge generated through the active…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Epistemology, Inquiry
Peer reviewedCartier, Jennifer L.; Stewart, Jim – Science and Education, 2000
Describes a high school biology curriculum designed to give students opportunities to learn about genetic inquiry in part by providing them with authentic experiences doing inquiry in the discipline. (Contains 29 references.) (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Biology, Epistemology, Genetics, Hands on Science
Peer reviewedSilverman, M. P. – Science and Education, 1992
Examination of controversial scientific issues provide an accurate picture of science. Examples, drawn from the physical and life sciences, show how complex and subtle scientific issues may be; how difficult it may be to perform and interpret experiments; and how science constitutes a vigorous, self-correcting mode of inquiry. (Contains 45…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Case Studies, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Elementary Secondary Education
