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Roth, Wolff-Michael; Friesen, Norm – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2014
In recent years, school science has been the target of increasing critique for two reasons. On the one hand, it is said to enforce "epic" images of science that celebrate the heroes and heroic deeds that established the scientific canon and its methods and thereby falsifies the history and nature of science. On the other hand, the…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Science Instruction, Educational History, Biology
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Bowen, G. Michael; Roth, Wolff-Michael; McGinn, Michelle K. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Describes a study of the similarities and differences in graph-related interpretations between scientists and college students engaged in collective graph interpretation. Concludes that while many students learned to provide correct answers to scientific graphing questions, they did not come to make linguistic distinctions or increase their…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Graphs, Higher Education, Instructional Materials