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Peel, Amanda; Sadler, Troy D.; Friedrichsen, Patricia – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Computational thinking (CT) is a way of making sense of the natural world and problem solving with computer science concepts and skills. Although CT and science integrations have been called for in the literature, empirical investigations of such integrations are lacking. Prior work in natural selection education indicates students struggle to…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Evolution, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts
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Franke, Gaitano; Bogner, Franz X. – Journal of Educational Research, 2011
In a German out-of-school laboratory, 293 medium-achieving 10th-grade students participated in a lesson unit about gene technology. They were divided into two groups (I-1, I-2), both of which followed the same hands-on lesson procedure. Students within I-2 were additionally confronted with alternative conceptions to central issues of the specific…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Misconceptions, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement