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Ergazaki, Marida; Saltapida, Konstantina; Zogza, Vassiliki – Research in Science Education, 2010
This paper is concerned with highlighting young children's ideas about the nature, location and appearance of germs, as well as their reasoning strands about germs' ontological category and biological functions. Moreover, it is concerned with exploring how all these could be taken into account for shaping a potentially fruitful learning…
Descriptors: Young Children, Interviews, Scientific Concepts, Educational Environment
Smith, Dorothy V.; Gunstone, Richard F. – Research in Science Education, 2009
The period since the 1960s has seen dramatic change in the nature and practice of science, science education and secondary school education itself. This paper examines changes in the Science for All movement, setting these changes in the context of the societal shift towards market liberalism and the advancement of a new style of individualism. We…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Secondary School Science, Curriculum, Educational History
Wolf, Stephen J.; Fraser, Barry J. – Research in Science Education, 2008
This study compared inquiry and non-inquiry laboratory teaching in terms of students' perceptions of the classroom learning environment, attitudes toward science, and achievement among middle-school physical science students. Learning environment and attitude scales were found to be valid and related to each other for a sample of 1,434 students in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physical Sciences, Science Laboratories, Educational Environment
Coll, Richard K.; Dahsah, Chanyah; Faikhamta, Chatree – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2010
The literature is replete with studies about the importance of context in relation to teaching and learning. Major international studies such as PISA, among others, attempt to develop an understanding of achievement in science learning in a variety of educational contexts. Here we explore the influence of educational context itself on science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Context Effect, Science Education
Saat, Rohaida Mohd – Research in Science and Technological Education, 2004
Web-based learning is becoming prevalent in science learning. Some use specially designed programs, while others use materials available on the Internet. This qualitative case study examined the process of acquisition of integrated science process skills, particularly the skill of controlling variables, in a web-based learning environment among…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Case Studies, Teacher Student Relationship, Instructional Materials