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Direct linkLombardi, Doug; Bickel, Elliot S.; Bailey, Janelle M.; Burrell, Shondricka – Science Education, 2018
Evaluation is an important aspect of science and is receiving increasing attention in science education. The present study investigated (1) changes to plausibility judgments and knowledge as a result of a series of instructional scaffolds, called model-evidence link activities, that facilitated evaluation of scientific and alternative models in…
Descriptors: High School Students, Science Instruction, Earth Science, Knowledge Level
Libarkin, Julie C.; Thomas, Stephen R.; Ording, Gabriel – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Exploratory factor analysis was used to identify models underlying drawings of the greenhouse effect made by over 200 entering university freshmen. Initial content analysis allowed deconstruction of drawings into salient features, with grouping of these features via factor analysis. A resulting 4-factor solution explains 62% of the data variance,…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Freehand Drawing, Attitude Measures, Models
Braten, Ivar; Stromso, Helge I. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
In present-day knowledge societies, readers cannot understand complex issues without constructing meaning across multiple information sources. To what extent they are able to do so may depend on both characteristics of reading tasks and characteristics of readers themselves. In this study, 184 undergraduates read multiple texts about the complex…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Climate, Epistemology, Undergraduate Students
