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Peer reviewedBezzi, Alfredo – Science Education, 1999
Investigates conceptions of the geosciences held by a university geology instructor and five students before and after a teaching intervention. Argues for the use of repertory grids to elicit personal constructs. Advocates targeting the societal aims of geological education within a constructivist framework. Contains 54 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning), Earth Science, Educational Philosophy
Direct linkWu, Ying-Tien; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Science Education, 2005
The main purpose of this study was to explore the effects of long-term constructivist-oriented science instruction on elementary school students' process of constructing cognitive structures. Furthermore, such effects on different science achievers were also investigated. The subjects of this study were 69 fifth graders in Taiwan, while they were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Low Achievement, High Achievement, Grade 5
Bencze, J. Lawrence; Bowen, G. Michael; Alsop, Steve – Science Education, 2006
School science students can benefit greatly from participation in student-directed, open-ended scientific inquiry projects. For various possible reasons, however, students tend not to be engaged in such inquiries. Among factors that may limit their opportunities to engage in open-ended inquiries of their design are teachers' conceptions about…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Projects, Constructivism (Learning), Scientific Principles
