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Peer reviewedGayford, Chris – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1995
Explores links between science education and current developments in environmental education that take account of the concept of sustainability and the impact of local action on global issues. Uses the greenhouse effect as a case-study example with 16-year-old students. Reports that students learned more effectively using a discussion-based…
Descriptors: Action Research, Communications, Cooperative Learning, Environmental Education
Peer reviewedTaber, Keith S. – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1995
Presents findings from a case study into the development of student understanding of chemical bonding. Reveals significant progression in student understanding but also highlights issues of how such progression should be addressed. Emphasizes factors associated with blocks to appropriate concept development. (33 references) (Author/MKR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Chemical Bonding, Chemistry, College Students
Peer reviewedBuchan, Anne S.; Welford, A. Geoffrey – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1994
Reports on the findings of a questionnaire developed to determine the extent to which General Certificate of Secondary Education syllabuses affect science curriculum and pedagogic practice in schools in England and Wales. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Research, Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedPine, Karen; Messer, David; St. John, Kate – Research in Science and Technological Education, 2001
Considers the process of conceptual change and describes empirical studies into children's naive theories of physics concepts. Uses the Representational Redescription model to explain how naive theories are a feature of conceptual change. Provides a starting point for considering how children's naive theories might mediate their ability to learn…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, Misconceptions, Motion
