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Reid, Norman – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2008
Around 1960, there were quite radical changes in emphasis in many countries in school chemistry education, with subsequent changes in many university courses. Considerable research was undertaken to explore the learning problems students were reporting and the common thread underlying became apparent: it related to the way humans process new…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Wu, Ying-Tien; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Journal of Biological Education, 2005
The purpose of this study was primarily to explore the effects of constructivist-oriented instruction on fifth graders' cognitive structures about biological reproduction. Furthermore, such effects on different science achievers were also investigated. The subjects of this study were 69 eleven year olds in Taiwan, who were assigned to either a…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary School Students, Low Achievement, Maps