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Widing, Lizette; Nilsson, Pernilla; Enochson, Pernilla Granklint – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
This study investigated students' meaning-making of polymeric concepts during modelling and discuss students' creation of visible representations in chemistry. The analysis combines a phenomenographic and social semiotic approach and leads to the finding and description of 21 different meaning-making processes. We refer to meaning-making as the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts
Hogan, Theodore J.; Kelter, Paul – Science Educator, 2015
Environmental issues can serve as a marvelous framework for high-level student analysis of critical scientific and social concerns. We describe a series of activities and discussions that motivate students to explore environmentalism, sustainable development, carbon offsets, and related ideas with an engaged learning format that helps students to…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Learning Activities, Environmental Education
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Naug, Helen L.; Colson, Natalie J.; Donner, Daniel G. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2011
Many first year students of anatomy and physiology courses demonstrate an inability to self-regulate their learning. To help students increase their awareness of their own learning in a first year undergraduate anatomy course, we piloted an exercise that incorporated the processes of (1) active learning: drawing and plasticine modeling and (2)…
Descriptors: Models, Visual Aids, Recall (Psychology), Student Attitudes