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Direct linkNiaz, Mansoor – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2011
The objective of this study was to facilitate inservice high school and university teachers' understanding of the difference between the terms "hypothesis" and "prediction." The context for understanding these terms was Columbus's discovery of America (as in the previous study). Control group teachers (N = 94) were evaluated before the discussion…
Descriptors: Prediction, Secondary School Teachers, College Faculty, Inservice Teacher Education
Niaz, Mansoor – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2006
Historians and philosophers of science have recognized the importance of controversies in the progress of science. The objective of this study was to facilitate in-service chemistry teachers' understanding of conceptual change based on alternative philosophical interpretations (controversies). Selected controversies formed part of the chemistry…
Descriptors: Sciences, Chemistry, Science Teachers, Secondary Education
Niaz, Mansoor – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2004
The objective of this study is to provide in-service teachers an opportunity to become familiar with the controversial nature of progress in science (growth of knowledge) and its implications for research methodology in education. The study is based on 41 participants who had registered for a nine-week course on Methodology of Investigation in…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Research, Constructivism (Learning), Research Methodology
