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Parobek, Alexander P.; Chaffin, Patrick M.; Towns, Marcy H. – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
A widespread call has been made to develop and support more integrated approaches to STEM education. The first law of thermodynamics serves as a guiding principle for the crosscutting concept of energy and matter. A qualitative interview study was undertaken to support integrated approaches to STEM education by exploring how chemistry, physics,…
Descriptors: Physics, Thermodynamics, Teaching Methods, STEM Education
Balabanoff, Morgan; Kaur, Simreen; Barbera, Jack; Moon, Alena – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
Across science disciplines, light is a common tool for measuring, characterizing, and catalysing molecules and molecular processes. Despite the ubiquity of light-based tools, little research has been done to investigate how students understand light and light-matter interactions (LMI). This topic is typically first introduced in first-year…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Light
Zarkadis, Nikolaos; Papageorgiou, George; Markos, Angelos – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
The study aims to investigate students' conceptualisation of the quantum numbers concept through their verbal descriptions and pictorial representations of the corresponding atomic structures. The study was conducted with the participation of 192 12th-grade students from six secondary schools in Northern Greece, via a paper-and-pencil test,…
Descriptors: Nuclear Physics, Number Concepts, Grade 12, Secondary School Students
Uzuntiryaki-Kondakci, Esen; Tuysuz, Mustafa; Sarici, Esra; Soysal, Ceren; Kilinc, Selcuk – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the development of pre-service chemistry teachers' (PCTs') argumentation skills in a laboratory course throughout a semester. A case study design was utilised. A total of six PCTs participated in the study. To investigate the development of PCTs' argumentation skills, the laboratory reports that were in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts
Lenzer, Stefanie; Smarsly, Bernd; Graulich, Nicole – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
The need to develop clean-energy storage systems, harvesting technologies, and new functional materials are but a few of the many contemporary challenges in the domain of science today. To address these challenges, problem solving has become a key skill of the 21st century. It is generally documented, however, that experts and students differ in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Science Instruction, Chemistry
Chen, Sufen; Jamiatul Husnaini, Siti; Chen, Jing-Ju – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
This study investigated the time effect of cooperative games on students' emotions of learning science and the treatment effect on their chemistry achievement. This quasi-experimental study compared the use of cards, board games, and riddles, and the use of conventional paper-and-pencil exercises to learn the basics of chemical elements and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Achievement, Science Instruction, Public Schools
Danckwardt-Lillieström, Kerstin; Andrée, Maria; Enghag, Margareta – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Getting students to understand the particulate nature of matter is a major challenge for chemistry education. In upper secondary school students commonly struggle to distinguish between intra- and intermolecular bonding and analyse chemical bonding in terms of electronegativity. In this study, we explore how creative drama may be used in chemistry…
Descriptors: Drama, Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts, Secondary School Science
Balabanoff, Morgan E.; Al Fulaiti, Haiyan; Bhusal, Shikshya; Harrold, Archer; Moon, Alena C. – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Light is used ubiquitously across science and engineering to explore, characterise, understand matter, and catalyse processes. Relative to its utility in science and engineering, very little research has been conducted on how students develop an understanding of light-matter interactions, especially at the quantum level, which is necessary to…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Light, Student Attitudes
Sevian, Hannah; Hugi-Cleary, Deirdre; Ngai, Courtney; Wanjiku, Florence; Baldoria, Jesse Mhel – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
Context-based learning (CBL) is advocated as beneficial to learners, but more needs to be understood about how different contexts used in courses influence student outcomes. Gilbert defined several models of context that appear to be used in chemistry. In one model that achieves many criteria of student meaning-making, the context is provided by…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Chemistry, Science Instruction, College Science
Cheng, Maurice M. W.; Gilbert, John K. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This paper proposes a model-based notion of "submicro representations of chemical reactions". Based on three structural models of matter (the simple particle model, the atomic model and the free electron model of metals), we suggest there are two major models of reaction in school chemistry curricula: (a) reactions that are simple…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Models
Lin, Yulan I.; Son, Ji Y.; Rudd, James A., II – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
Experts are more proficient in manipulating and translating between multiple representations (MRs) of a given concept than novices. Studies have shown that instruction using MR can increase student understanding of MR, and one model for MR instruction in chemistry is the chemistry triplet proposed by Johnstone. Concreteness fading theory suggests…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Teaching Methods
Bellocchi, Alberto; King, Donna T.; Ritchie, Stephen M. – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
There is on-going international interest in the relationships between assessment instruments, students' understanding of science concepts and context-based curriculum approaches. This study extends earlier research showing that students can develop connections between contexts and concepts--called "fluid transitions"--when studying…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Student Reaction, Chemistry, Science Education
Yan, Fan; Talanquer, Vicente – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Research in science education has revealed that many students struggle to understand chemical reactions. Improving teaching and learning about chemical processes demands that we develop a clearer understanding of student reasoning in this area and of how this reasoning evolves with training in the domain. Thus, we have carried out a qualitative…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Concept Formation
Ngai, Courtney; Sevian, Hannah; Talanquer, Vicente – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
Given the diversity of materials in our surroundings, one should expect scientifically literate citizens to have a basic understanding of the core ideas and practices used to analyze chemical substances. In this article, we use the term 'chemical identity' to encapsulate the assumptions, knowledge, and practices upon which chemical…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Waight, Noemi; Liu, Xiufeng; Gregorius, Roberto Ma.; Smith, Erica; Park, Mihwa – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
This paper reports on a case study of an immersive and integrated multi-instructional approach (namely computer-based model introduction and connection with content; facilitation of individual student exploration guided by exploratory worksheet; use of associated differentiated labs and use of model-based assessments) in the implementation of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Science Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Chemistry