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Download full textLederman, Norman G. – 1995
This investigation was guided by the following research questions: (1) how do teachers' understandings of the nature of science influence classroom practice?; and (2) what factors facilitate or impede the influence of teachers' understandings on classroom practice? An in-depth, year long assessment of the classroom practices and goals of five…
Descriptors: Biology, Educational Change, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Science Instruction
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Direct linkValanides, Nicos; Nicolaidou, Athanasia; Eilks, Ingo – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2003
Nine 12th grade students, attending the science section of the upper secondary school in Cyprus, were individually interviewed about their understanding of the changes associated with the process of oxidation/combustion. Each student was instructed to firstly predict what would happen when heating a piece of copper wire or a piece of magnesium…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Grade 12
