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Students' Attitudes to Information in the Press: Critical Reading of a Newspaper Article with Scientific Content
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Oliveras, B.; Márquez, C.; Sanmartí, N. – Research in Science Education, 2014
This research analyses what happens when a critical reading activity based on a press article dealing with an energy-related problem is implemented with two groups of students of 13-14 years old and 16-17 years old in the same school (a total of 117 students). Specifically, the research analyses the students' profiles from the standpoint of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Mass Media, News Reporting, Information Sources
Upper Secondary Students' Understanding of the Use of Multiple Models in Biology Textbooks--The Importance of Conceptual Variation and Incommensurability
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Gericke, 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