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Beyond Romantic versus Skeptic: A Microanalysis of Conceptual Change in Kinematics.
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Roschelle, Jeremy – International Journal of Science Education, 1998
Supports the use of microanalysis of conceptual change as a tool for reconceptualizing the nature of students' knowledge-in-development and dissolving concept-misconception and expert-novice dichotomies. Contains 48 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, High Schools, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation
Student Concept Changes in Acids and Bases.
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Ye, Renmin; Wells, Raymond R. – 1998
This study focuses on student concept changes in acids and bases. Variables include field dependent level, personal independence level, interest in science or chemistry, teaching strategy, and student gender. This study of Grade 10 students (N=81) provides information relevant to secondary school chemistry learning, teaching, and concept change.…
Descriptors: Acids, Chemistry, Concept Formation, Grade 10
Students' Understandings of Chemical Bonds and the Energetics of Chemical Reactions.
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Boo, Hong Kwen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Investigates Grade 12 students' understandings of the nature of chemical bonds and the energetics elicited across five familiar chemical reactions following a course of instruction. Discusses the many ways in which students can misconstruct concepts and principles. Contains 63 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Chemical Bonding, Chemistry, Concept Formation, Educational Strategies
From "Truth" To "Invented Reality": A Discourse Analysis of High School Physics Students' Talk about Scientific Knowledge.
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Roth, Wolff-Michael; Lucas, Keith B. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1997
Presents a study that analyzes an extensive database consisting of the written and oral discourse of students (N=23) as they described their thoughts on ontology, epistemology, and sociology of scientific knowledge. Contains 51 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Case Studies, Concept Formation, Discourse Analysis
Language Minority Students in High School: The Role of Language in Learning Biology Concepts.
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Duran, Bernadine J.; Dugan, Therese; Weffer, Rafaela – Science Education, 1998
Describes how Mexican-American language-minority students construct biology concept meanings based on extant linguistic skills. Provides an instructional activity that engages students in constructing meanings through mediational means. Contains 35 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Biology, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), High Schools
Partial Possible Models: An Approach To Interpret Students' Physical Representation.
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Camacho, Fernando Flores; Cazares, Leticia Gallegos – Science Education, 1998
Illustrates the construction of conceptual models on pressure and flotation using high school students' previous ideas on these concepts. Identifies three models and uses them to analyze students' ideas about physical phenomena and to recognize the inferential structure they use. Contains 28 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools
Gender Differences in Scientific Literacy.
Manhart, Jim J. – 1998
This study investigates gender differences with regard to three factors of scientific literacy. The study involved students (N=772) in Grades 9 and 10. A 100-item multiple choice test based on National Science Education Standards was used to assess scientific literacy while gender differences were explored using analysis of variance procedures.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Evaluation Methods, Grade 10