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Direct linkGericke, Niklas; Hagberg, Mariana; Jorde, Doris – Research in Science Education, 2013
In this study we investigate students' ability to discern conceptual variation and the use of multiple models in genetics when reading content-specific excerpts from biology textbooks. Using the history and philosophy of science as our reference, we were able to develop a research instrument allowing students themselves to investigate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Science Instruction, Genetics
Wolk, Steven – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
The reading students are required to do for school bears little semblance to the reading they do outside of school. Students today are reading the same texts in school that students read a generation ago, but the varieties of text used outside of school are much different. One result is that many students are unmotivated to become readers.…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Reading Material Selection, Reading Motivation, Relevance (Education)
