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Brown, Mary H.; Schwartz, Renee S. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
The biological processes of photosynthesis and plant cellular respiration include multiple biochemical steps, occur simultaneously within plant cells, and share common molecular components. Yet, learners often compartmentalize functions and specialization of cell organelles relevant to these two processes, without considering the interconnections…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Form Classes (Languages), Botany, Biology
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Nakhleh, Mary B.; Samarapungavan, Ala; Saglam, Yilmaz – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
The objective of this study was to examine middle school students' developing understanding of the nature of matter and to compare middle school students' ideas to those of elementary schools students, as was done by Nakhleh and Samarapungavan ["J Res Sci Teach" 36(7):777-805, 1999]. Nine middle school students were interviewed using a scripted,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Secondary School Science, Elementary School Students, Interviews