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Lewis, Elizabeth B.; Rivero, Ana M.; Lucas, Lyrica L.; Musson, Aaron A.; Helding, Brandon A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021
In the United States, research on beginning science teachers provides little guidance regarding empirical minimum levels of discipline-specific science coursework for sufficient subject matter knowledge to teach science. Accordingly, in this study we analyzed secondary physical science teachers' science coursework for subject matter knowledge…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Beginning Teachers, Science Teachers, Benchmarking
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Erman, Erman – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
This study aims to identify students' misconceptions regarding covalent bonds. Seventy-seven graduate students in the middle of Indonesia participated in the study. Data were collected in three stages. First, misconceptions were identified by using the Semi Open Diagnostic Test. Ten students who experienced the worst misconceptions were…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Graduate Students
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Stefani, Christina; Tsaparlis, Georgios – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
We investigated students' knowledge constructions of basic quantum chemistry concepts, namely atomic orbitals, the Schrodinger equation, molecular orbitals, hybridization, and chemical bonding. Ausubel's theory of meaningful learning provided the theoretical framework and phenomenography the method of analysis. The semi-structured interview with…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Misconceptions, Models, Phenomenology
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Naughton, Wendy; Schreck, James; Heikkinen, Henry – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
Interviews with representatives of nine municipal agencies involved in air-quality education were analyzed for concepts and skills perceived as important for citizens in addressing air-quality concerns. Interviewees focused mainly on general air quality-related understandings (60.2%), although cognitive skills (22.0%) and specific concepts (17.8%)…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Educational Quality, Chemistry, Content Analysis
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Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad; Waters, Mindy; Le, An-Phong – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This study assessed the representations of nature of science (NOS) in high school chemistry textbooks and the extent to which these representations have changed during the past four decades. Analyses focused on the empirical, tentative, inferential, creative, theory-driven, and social NOS, in addition to the myth of "The Scientific Method," the…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Textbooks, Scientific Methodology, Scientific Principles
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Sanger, Michael J.; Greenbowe, Thomas J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1997
Investigates student (N=16) misconceptions concerning electrochemistry related to galvanic, electrolytic, and concentration cells. Findings indicate that most students demonstrating misconceptions were still able to calculate cell potentials correctly. Discusses common misconceptions and possible sources of these. Contains 33 references.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Students, Electrochemistry, Higher Education
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Quilez-Pardo, Juan; Solaz-Portoles, Joan Josep – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995
Study of strategies and procedures of 170 students and 40 teachers when solving chemical equilibrium problems found misconceptions emerging through: misapplication of Le Chatelier's Principle, use of rote-learning recall, incorrect control of variables, limited use of chemical equilibrium law, lack of mastery of chemical equilibrium principles,…
Descriptors: Chemical Equilibrium, Chemistry, Cognitive Processes, College Students
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Haidar, Abdullateef H.; Abraham, Michael R. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1991
High school chemistry students' (n=183) applied and theoretical knowledge of dissolution, diffusion, effusion, and states of matter were compared. Study found that students' formal reasoning ability and their preexisting knowledge are associated with their conceptions and use of particulate theory. A significant difference between applied and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Concept Formation, Learning Processes, Misconceptions
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Huddle, P. A.; Pillay, A. E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1996
Analyzes students' attempts to answer examination questions involving stoichiometry and chemical equilibrium and reports that the majority of the students do not fully understand either concept. Concludes that the main difficulty with these topics is that they are highly abstract and first taught to students before they have reached the stage of…
Descriptors: Chemical Equilibrium, Chemistry, Cognitive Development, Cooperative Learning
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Garnett, Pamela J.; Treagust, David F. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
This research used semistructured interviews to investigate students' (n=32) understanding of electrochemistry following a 7-9 week course of instruction. Three misconceptions were identified and incorporated with five previously reported into an alternative framework about electric current involving drifting electrons. Also noted was the tendency…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Educational Research
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Brown, David E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
This study questions the effectiveness of a traditional teaching-by-example technique when used with students who hold misconceptions. Interview techniques were used to explore students' (n=21) responses to two different uses of examples and to provide indications of student reasoning. Results indicate that when students hold a misconception,…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Concept Formation, Interviews, Misconceptions
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Gussarsky, Esther; Gorodetsky, Malka – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Word associations were used to map high school students' concepts of "chemical equilibrium" and "equilibrium." It was found that the preconception of the two concepts was differentiated on noncritical dimensions. (Author/CW)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Chemical Equilibrium, Chemistry, Cognitive Structures
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Lawson, Anton E.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1993
The experimental/analogy group scored significantly higher than the control group on a posttest question that required the definition of diffusion (n=77 community college students). Hypothetico-deductive reasoning skill was significantly related to correct application of the diffusion concept to a change from the misapplication of the polarity and…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Deduction, Diffusion (Physics)
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BouJaoude, Saouma B. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Reports the relationship between student characteristics and results of a test of misunderstanding administered to 49 suburban high school students enrolled in a New York State Regents Chemistry Class. A multiple regression analysis of data revealed that the best predictors of performance on the posttest misunderstanding test was the pretest score…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Educational Research, Learning Strategies, Misconceptions
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Garnett, Pamela J.; Treagust, David F. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Interview data exemplify students' attempts to integrate the concepts of electrochemistry with related knowledge that they had previously constructed or acquired in other classes. The implications for minimizing potential misconceptions center on the difficulties students experience when using more than one model for explaining scientific…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, High School Students
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