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Using Web-Based Key Character and Classification Instruction for Teaching Undergraduate Students Insect Identification
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Golick, Douglas A.; Heng-Moss, Tiffany M.; Steckelberg, Allen L.; Brooks, David. W.; Higley, Leon G.; Fowler, David – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2013
The purpose of the study was to determine whether undergraduate students receiving web-based instruction based on traditional, key character, or classification instruction differed in their performance of insect identification tasks. All groups showed a significant improvement in insect identifications on pre- and post-two-dimensional picture…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Students, Web Based Instruction
Understanding Virtual Epidemics: Children's Folk Conceptions of a Computer Virus
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Kafai, Yasmin B. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
Our work investigates the annual outbreak of Whypox, a virtual epidemic in Whyville.net, a virtual world with over 1.2 million registered players ages 8-16. We examined online and classroom participants' understanding of a computer virus using surveys and design activities. Our analyses reveal that students have a mostly naive understanding of a…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Information Technology
A Study on Student Teachers' Misconceptions and Scientifically Acceptable Conceptions about Mass and Gravity
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Gonen, Selahattin – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
The aims of this study were considered under three headings. The first was to elicit misconception that science and physics student teachers (pre-service teachers) had about the terms, "inertial mass", "gravitational mass", "gravity", "gravitational force" and "weight". The second was to understand how prior learning affected their misconceptions,…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Logical Thinking
Elementary Pre-Service Teacher Perceptions of the Greenhouse Effect.
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Groves, Fred H.; Pugh, Ava F. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1999
Expands on earlier work to examine pre-service teachers' views on environmental issues, especially global warming and the related term "greenhouse effect." Suggests that pre-service elementary teachers hold many misconceptions about environmental issues. (DDR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Environmental Education, Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect