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A Unique Way of Knowing: Children's Conceptions of the Nature of Science and Its Relationship to Religion
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Cuzzolino, Megan Powell – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2021
There is an increasingly rich body of developmental research on children's understanding of science and religion as ways of knowing. In this manuscript, I put this scholarship in conversation with applied research on science education and consider the potential implications for exposing children to instruction that addresses the relationship…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Religion, Science Education, Cultural Influences
Natural Laws and Ontological Reflections: The Textual and Didactic Implications of the Presentation of Boyle's Law in General Chemistry
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Quiroz, Waldo; Rubilar, Cristian Merino – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2015
This study develops a tool to identify errors in the presentation of natural laws based on the epistemology and ontology of the Scientific Realism of Mario Bunge. The tool is able to identify errors of different types: (1) epistemological, in which the law is incorrectly presented as data correlation instead of as a pattern of causality; (2)…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Principles, Error Patterns
Jensen's Chronometric Research: Neither Simple nor Sufficient but a Good Place To Start.
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Nettelbeck, Ted – Intelligence, 1998
Reviews the chronometric research conducted by Arthur Jensen and what it has done to support the idea of a correlation between various composite reaction-time variables and IQ tests. Discusses the importance of Jensen's work in the exploration of general intelligence. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Correlation, Genetics, Intelligence