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Considering the Hexad of Learning Domains in the Laboratory to Address the Overlooked Aspects of Chemistry Education and Fragmentary Approach to Assessment of Student Learning
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Agustian, Hendra Y. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
This article seeks to provide researchers and practitioners in laboratory education, particularly those involved in the curriculum design and implementation of teaching laboratories at university level, with a conceptual framework and a working model for an integrated assessment of learning domains, by attending to a more holistic approach to…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Laboratory Experiments, Curriculum Design
Taking Science to School: Learning and Teaching Science in Grades K-8
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Duschl, Richard A., Ed.; Schweingruber, Heidi A., Ed.; Shouse, Andrew W., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2007
What is science for a child? How do children learn about science and how to do science? Drawing on a vast array of work from neuroscience to classroom observation, "Taking Science to School" provides a comprehensive picture of what we know about teaching and learning science from kindergarten through eighth grade. By looking at a broad range of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Science Education, Teacher Education, Scientific Concepts
Misunderstandings of "Law" and "Conservation": A Study of Pupils' Meanings of these Terms.
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Boyes, Edward; Stanisstreet, Martin – School Science Review, 1990
Presented is the extent to which pupils of different ages tend to confuse scientific and everyday meanings of "Law" and "Conservation." The concepts of resource economy, environmental concern, and the law of conservation of energy are discussed in terms of potential teaching difficulties. (KR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Conservation (Environment)