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Al-Balushi, Sulaiman M. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2011
The purpose of the current study was to explore learners' evaluation of the credibility of scientific models that represent natural entities and phenomena. Participants were 845 students in grades 9-11 (aged 15-17 years) and 108 prospective science teachers in Oman, totaling 953 students. A survey called Epistemologies about the Credibility of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Classification, Credibility, Defense Mechanisms
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Del Giudice, Marco; Colle, Livia – Developmental Psychology, 2007
The authors investigated the differences between 8-year-olds (n = 80) and adults (n = 80) in recognition of felt versus faked enjoyment smiles by using a newly developed picture set that is based on the Facial Action Coding System. The authors tested the effect of different facial action units (AUs) on judgments of smile authenticity. Multiple…
Descriptors: Models, Age Differences, Children, Adults