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Rizk, Nadya; Jaber, Lama; Halwany, Sarah; BouJaoude, Saouma – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2012
Beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing have been investigated extensively in educational and developmental psychology research. Hofer's framework on personal epistemology is adopted in the present study for assessing Lebanese university students' epistemologies of science. Participants were 213 students in their first year of…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Interviews, Data Analysis, Developmental Psychology
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Hewson, Peter W. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2004
This article addresses the question of how science learning can be improved. It recognizes that, while learners themselves are responsible for their own learning, the quality of this learning is greatly influenced when appropriate resources are available to learners. These resources are provided through a partnership between teachers and learners.…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Ecology, Science Education, Teaching Methods