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Kilinc, Ahmet; Demiral, Umit; Kartal, Tezcan – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
Teaching socioscientific issues (SSI) necessitates dialogic discourse activities. However, a majority of science teachers prefer monologic discourse in SSI contexts. In addition, some of these teachers are resistant to change (from monologic to dialogic discourse) despite certain professional development attempts. The purpose of the present…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Persuasive Discourse, Workshops, Practicums
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Maeyer, Jenine; Talanquer, Vicente – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
Diverse implicit cognitive elements seem to support but also constrain reasoning in different domains. Many of these cognitive constraints can be thought of as either implicit assumptions about the nature of things or reasoning heuristics for decision-making. In this study we applied this framework to investigate college students' understanding of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, College Science, College Students