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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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What Trends Do Turkish Biology Education Studies Indicate?
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Topsakal, Unsal Umdu; Calik, Muammer; Cavus, Ragip – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2012
The aim of this study is to determine what trends Turkish biology education studies indicate. To achieve this aim, the researchers examined online databases of the Higher Education Council and open access archives of graduate theses in web sites of Turkish universities. Finally, totally 138 graduate theses were elicited to analyze in regard to…
Descriptors: Biology, Research Methodology, Online Systems, Graduate Study
Combining Different Conceptual Change Methods within Four-Step Constructivist Teaching Model: A Sample Teaching of Series and Parallel Circuits
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Ipek, Hava; Calik, Muammer – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2008
Based on students' alternative conceptions of the topics "electric circuits", "electric charge flows within an electric circuit", "how the brightness of bulbs and the resistance changes in series and parallel circuits", the current study aims to present a combination of different conceptual change methods within a four-step constructivist teaching…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Teaching Models, Misconceptions, Energy