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Direct linkFatma Yaman; Brian Hand – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
This study tracked pre-service science teachers (PSTs) over 3 years as they completed required science courses (e.g., chemistry, biology and science and technology laboratory courses). The PSTs' use of argument, representations, and reasoning were examined (1) to determine the coherence within and between these and (2) examine the relationship…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Science Education, Preservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedNorman, Obed – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1997
Reports on a study that used high school students to test the assumptions of the multiple hypothesis theory posited by Lawson to explain the essence of scientific reasoning. Contains 19 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Constructivism (Learning), Epistemology, High Schools
Peer reviewedRaghavan, Kalyani; Sartoris, Mary L.; Glaser, Robert – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Reviews research on children's ideas about floating and sinking. Describes the Model-Assisted Reasoning in Science (MARS) project curriculum and student responses to a question about helium balloons. Contains 61 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Interviews
Peer reviewedDruyan, Sara – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1997
Presents three studies that demonstrate the efficiency of the kinesthetic conflict in promoting the understanding of three scientific concepts among children aged 5-12. Results support Piaget's theory which determines the origins of scientific thinking. Contains 26 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education
