Investigates the changes of neuronal response according to a four time repetition of audio-visual learning. Obtains EEG data from the prefrontal (Fp1, Fp2) lobe from 20 subjects at the 8th grade level. Concludes that the habituation of neuronal response shows up in repetitive audio-visual learning and brain hemisphericity can be changed by…

Investigates science high achievers' achievement in enrichment physics and logical thinking levels, and analyzes the relationship between logical thinking level and achievement in enrichment physics of high achievers in science. Involves (n=35) 7th and 8th grade junior high school students in the study. Uses the Group Assessment of Logical…

Analyzes Korean 8th grade students' achievement in physics-related areas of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat (TIMSS-R) and investigates the implications for revising the physics-related areas in the national curriculum. (Contains 44 references.) (Author/YDS)

Presents an annotated bibliography of books in favor of evolution and opposed to creationism. (MM)

Argues that science students should be taught to acknowledge the parallel structure of knowledge and belief, and recognize that science requires a presuppositional foundation that is itself not verifiable in order to reintroduce a valuable discussion on the meaning of science and its impact on life. (Contains 87 references.) (Author/WRM)

Describes a high school biology curriculum designed to give students opportunities to learn about genetic inquiry in part by providing them with authentic experiences doing inquiry in the discipline. (Contains 29 references.) (Author/WRM)

Presents an overview of the goals of the MindWorks program for science curriculum development. The project hopes to address student motivation, student understanding of the structure and workings of the physical world, and students' and teachers' ideas about the process and culture of scientific activity. Also discusses the progress of pilot…

Establishes a relationship between students' understanding of gases and its parallels in the history of science. Finds that college freshman students' alternative conceptions about gas behavior are resistant to change and recapitulate theories scientists held in the past, such as the Lattice Theory of Gases. (Contains 52 references.) (Author/WRM)

Identifies both epistemic and political shortcomings in the portrayal of science found in curricular multicultural science education. This approach denies the unique characteristics of Western science as it ignores the particular strengths of other systems of thought and has the unexpected political effect of reaffirming scientism. Discusses a…

Explains why teachers addressing the nature of science should know the work of Michael Polanyi. Outlines Polanyi's intellectual career and examines his ideas on the education of scientists, research, and knowledge. Polanyi presaged Kuhn, Feyerabend, and the constructivists, yet insisted that science produces true knowledge about reality. (Contains…

Examines the required cluster of terms and transmission techniques in Newtonian mechanics. Suggests some characteristics of what a student acquires in the course of becoming a licensed practitioner in the field. (CCM)

Discusses how changes in pedagogical demands can significantly alter research patterns. (Author/CCM)

Discusses why publications by Thomas Kuhn had little impact in the field of science history. (Author/CCM)

Discusses Kuhn's model of scientific theory change. Documents Kuhn's move away from conceptual relativism and rational relativism. Provides an analysis of his present ontological form of relativism. (CCM)

Many in the science education community identify Kuhn with a sociological approach as opposed to a philosophical approach. Attempts to liberate Kuhn from too close an association with the sociology of scientific knowledge. (Author/CCM)