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Zhu, Lilin; Xiang, Gang – Physics Education, 2022
We report on the study of student difficulties regarding a heat engine in the context of a Stirling cycle by the method of measurement. An in-class test about a Stirling engine with a regenerator was taken by three classes, and the students were asked to perform one of the most basic activities--calculate the efficiency of the heat engine. Our…
Descriptors: Heat, Physics, Science Instruction, Engines
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Wei, Bing; Jiang, Zhimeng; Gai, Lichun – Science & Education, 2022
Practical work is a distinctive feature of school science and has close associations with scientific experiment and scientific methods as well. In this study, the nature of practical work was examined in the view of the diversity of scientific methods. Based on an analytical framework derived from Brandon's matrix consisting of four categories of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Textbook Evaluation, Biology, Chemistry
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Xu, Liangliang; Zhang, Yong; Jin, Cheng – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2022
One of the primary characteristics of the holistic module learning model is task-driven learning. In this learning model, a task is a distinct activity or collection of distinct activities designed to assist students in achieving learning objectives. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effective design and implementation of task-driven…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Task Analysis
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Shi, Wei-Zhao; Ma, Liping; Wang, Jingying – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2020
Students' epistemologies of experimental physics refer to how they understand the role of experimentation as well as the experimental operation and design and communication of results in physics. This research aimed to find whether students in inquiry-based physics laboratory activities show more expert-like epistemologies of experimental physics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Science Instruction, College Science
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Huang, Jie – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in China has changed higher education dramatically, with a distinctive rise in online instruction. Here, we describe the major successes and challenges encountered during the full implementation of online chemistry instruction in higher education in China based on questionnaires answered by 56…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education, Online Courses
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Wei, Bing; Chen, Yue – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
The term 'experiment' is used in different ways to mean different things in school science. This study examines the meanings of 'experiment' and how they have changed in the intended chemistry curriculum (ICC) in China since the early 1950s. A mixed methodology was adopted to analyse the 11 ICC documents from a socio-historical perspective. The…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Science Curriculum, Course Content
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Ye, Jianqiang; Lu, Shanshan; Bi, Hualin – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2019
This study uses graphs of conductivity measured by a microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) to promote students' macro, micro, and symbolic representations when learning about net ionic reactions (NIR). A total of 54 students, aged 14-15 years old participated in this research, and were randomly divided into an experimental group (N = 27) and a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Chang, Yaning; Peng, Yuke; Li, Pengfei; Zhuang, Yingping – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2017
With the increasing importance in the application of the molecular biological detection technology in the field of food safety, strengthening education in molecular biology experimental techniques is more necessary for the culture of the students in food quality and safety major. However, molecular biology experiments are not always in curricula…
Descriptors: Food Standards, Food, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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An, Song A.; Zhang, Meilan; Tillman, Daniel A.; Robertson, William; Siemssen, Annette; Paez, Carlos R. – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate differences between science lessons taught by Chinese astronauts in a space shuttle and those taught by American astronauts in a space shuttle, both of whom conducted experiments and demonstrations of science activities in a microgravity space environment. The study examined the instructional structure…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Science Education, Science Instruction, Space Exploration
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Zhao, Feng-qing; Yu, Yi-feng; Ren, Shao-feng; Liu, Shao-jie; Rong, Xin-yu – Journal of Chemical Education, 2014
Practical education in chemical engineering has drawn increasing attention in recent years. This paper discusses two approaches to teaching and learning about experiments among upper-level chemical and pharmaceutical engineering majors in China. On the basis of years of experience in teaching chemical and pharmaceutical engineering, we propose the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pharmaceutical Education, Engineering Technology, Majors (Students)
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Blown, E. J.; Bryce, T. G. K. – Science & Education, 2013
This article examines the main strands of thinking about gravity through the ages and the continuity of thought-experiments, from the early Greeks, through medieval times, to Galileo, Newton and Einstein. The key ideas are used to contextualise an empirical study of 247 children's ideas about falling objects carried out in China and New Zealand,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, World Views, Teaching Methods, Motion
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Liu, Xiaolai; Li, Qinghuai – International Education Studies, 2011
It has been the hotspot to reconstruct the education course based on the research-based learning in the course reform in many countries in recent years. The new course standard of China insists that the teaching is the interactive process that teachers and students communicate and develop together. In the teaching, the relationship between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Physics, Science Instruction
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Li, Yan – International Education Studies, 2011
This paper introduces the importance of middle school students' interests in learning biology. Considering the psychological characteristics of middle school students, this paper suggests several practical ways for inspiring students' interests in learning biology.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Interests, Science Interests, Biology
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Dong, Xu; Xin, Yi; Ye, Li; Ma, Yufang – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2009
We have developed and implemented a serial experiment in molecular cloning laboratory course for undergraduate students majored in biotechnology. "Pseudomonas putida xylE" gene, encoding catechol 2, 3-dioxygenase, was manipulated to learn molecular biology techniques. The integration of cloning, expression, and enzyme assay gave students…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Science Experiments