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Peer reviewedSolomon, Joan – School Science Review, 1998
Discusses the merits of student discussions in science classrooms. Focuses on resolving differences of opinion about social and ethical issues. Recommends that students be expected to carefully explain the reasons for their opinions. Contains 16 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSolomon, Joan – School Science Review, 1983
Discusses students' formation of concepts about energy, classifying responses as living/nonliving, human (vitalism or activity), and nonhuman (supply or demand). Observations were based on class discussions and free writing, followed by questioning to check on stability of concepts. Also collected and reported are student responses (examples of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedSolomon, Joan – School Science Review, 1986
Provides answers to these four questions: (1) What is science like? (2) Who studies science? (3) How does science seem to students? and (4) What is science education like? (JN)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Science Education, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes
Peer reviewedBlack, David; Solomon, Joan – School Science Review, 1987
Discusses the use of analogies and models for teaching about electric current. Reports on a study in which one group of students used analogies to learn about electric current and one did not. Results indicate that, in this case, analogies did not play a significant role in student understanding. (TW)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Electric Circuits, Electronics, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSolomon, Joan – School Science Review, 1982
Describes five stages of children's understanding about energy, reflecting an interaction between what they learn at school and their outside knowledge. Suggests a new approach for teaching the second law of energy, comparing it with the more traditional approach. (DC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy, Energy Conservation
Peer reviewedSolomon, Joan – School Science Review, 1980
Discusses the need for a science-and-society course to fill the educational gap in school science, suggests how it should be taught, and presents a possible course syllabus. (SK)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedSolomon, Joan – School Science Review, 1991
Reviewed are the various purposes that discussion may serve for science education--for carrying out practical work, for interpreting results, and for understanding social issues. The importance of students contributing their own experiences to a discussion is discussed. (KR)
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Peer reviewedSolomon, Joan – School Science Review, 1995
Conducted classroom observations to determine students' understanding of the nature of science and the intentionality of experiments. Topics discussed include: does science seek to explain, using models, proving that the theoretical explanation is correct, and discussions of different interpretations. Concludes that most students in the 14-16 age…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Observation, Science Education
