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Chin, Christine; Osborne, Jonathan – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
This study investigated the potential of students' written and oral questions both as an epistemic probe and heuristic for initiating collaborative argumentation in science. Four classes of students, aged 12-14 years from two countries, were asked to discuss which of two graphs best represented the change in temperature as ice was heated to steam.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Concepts, Visual Aids, Persuasive Discourse
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McDermott, Mark A.; Hand, Brian – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
This study aims to add to the growing research related to the implementation of non-traditional writing tasks in classrooms to encourage science literacy. A secondary reanalysis methodology was employed to review student interviews collected as a part of several individual studies during a ten year research program. This method established an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Transcripts (Written Records), Coding
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Esiobu, Gladys O.; Soyibo, Kola – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995
Verified the efficacy of concept and Vee mapping heuristics under cooperative, cooperative-competitive, and individualistic whole-class learning conditions in improving (n=808) eighth graders' achievement in ecology and genetics. Experimental groups achieved significantly better than the control groups; students in cooperative-competitive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Concept Mapping, Cooperative Learning, Ecology
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Anamuah-Mensah, J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986
Describes an investigation of the strategies used by 47 high school students in solving volumetric analysis problems in chemistry. Reports that students in the high ability group mainly used the "formula" approach, while those in the low ability group tended to use the "proportional" approach to problem solving. (TW)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation