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Simonneaux, Laurence; Simonneaux, Jean – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2009
In this article, we study third-year university students' reasoning about three controversial socio-scientific issues from the viewpoint of education for sustainable development: local issues (the reintroduction of bears in the Pyrenees in France, wolves in the Mercantour) and a global one (global warming). We used the theoretical frameworks of…
Descriptors: Local Issues, Foreign Countries, Climate, Sustainable Development
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Mullet, Etienne; Montcouquiol, Anne – International Journal of Science Education, 1988
Describes an application of methodology based on the Information Integration Theory to study intuitive mastery by 13-14 year-olds of Archimedes' Effect in physics. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions, Physics
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Shipstone, D. M.; And Others – International Journal of Science Education, 1988
Describes a study of the understanding of basic electrical concepts shown by 15-17 year-old students in England, France, Netherlands, Sweden, and West Germany. Reports substantially the same pattern of learning difficulties across countries. Provides sample items. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Electricity, Foreign Countries, Physics
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Cros, Daniele; And Others – International Journal of Science Education, 1988
Examined the evolution of the knowledge and the notions of students in order to see how after one year of university study their concepts and ideas of scientific theory in chemistry had progressed. Reports that sometimes the students' conceptions are modified in the wrong way. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Chemistry, College Science, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries