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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Aydin, Mirac; Bakirci, Hasan; Artun, Huseyin; Cepni, Salih – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2013
Educational research maintains that, teaching science through designing technology has significant educational potential. Although the literature emphasizes that making technological designs is beneficial for students, it is stressed that studies about technological design generally focus on mental structures rather than hand skills of students…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Student Teachers, Educational Technology, Scientific Concepts
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Cepni, Salih; Sahin, Cigdem; Ipek, Hava – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2010
The purpose of this study was to test the influences of prepared instructional material based on the 5E instructional model combined with CCT, CC, animations, worksheets and POE on conceptual changes about floating and sinking concepts. The experimental group was taught with teaching material based on the 5E instructional model enriched with…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Cartoons, Instructional Materials
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Cepni, Salih; Cil, Emine – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2010
The aim of this study is to develop conceptual change texts in the teaching of aspects of the nature of science and to introduce the development of texts. The socio-cultural and the subjective aspects were taken into consideration in the conceptual change texts, which are presented in the study. The conceptual change texts were prepared to be used…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Grade 7, Misconceptions, Pilot Projects