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Peer reviewedRoth, Wolff-Michael; Bowen, Gervase Michael – Research in Science Education, 2000
Illustrates the use of auto- and biographical materials as part of a research process concerned with problematic aspects of learning science. Draws on an extended study of graphing among university students and research scientists, and on the autobiography and interview data from one of the authors to point out some of the sources of difficulties…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Epistemology, Graphs, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBowen, 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
