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Galileo's Mathematical Language of Nature.
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Forinash, Kyle; Rumsey, William; Lang, Chris – Science and Education, 2000
Undergraduate students do not always make a clear distinction between physics and mathematics, particularly early in their studies. Offers a simple historical example and show how it can be used to illustrate some of the important differences and relationships between the two. (Author/SAH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning, Mathematics, Physics
On Learning Physics.
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Kuhn, Thomas, S. – Science and Education, 2000
Examines the required cluster of terms and transmission techniques in Newtonian mechanics. Suggests some characteristics of what a student acquires in the course of becoming a licensed practitioner in the field. (CCM)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Philosophy, Physics, Science Education History
Historical Aspects in Physics Teaching: Using Galileo's Work in a New Swiss Project.
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Kubli, Fritz – Science and Education, 1999
Presents the result of an empirical study on the reception and effectiveness of historical material being included in the physics program of a Swiss high school. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High Schools, History, History Instruction
The Use and Impact of Explicit Instruction about the Nature of Science and Science Inquiry in an Elementary Science Methods Course.
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Gess-Newsome, Julie – Science and Education, 2002
Describes and evaluates an elementary science methods course in which the nature of science and scientific inquiry are embedded and explicitly taught. As a result of the course, incoming conceptions of science as primarily a body of knowledge changed to a more appropriate, blended view of science as a body of knowledge generated through the active…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Epistemology, Inquiry
Teaching the Nature of Inquiry: Further Developments in a High School Genetics Curriculum.
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Cartier, Jennifer L.; Stewart, Jim – Science and Education, 2000
Describes a high school biology curriculum designed to give students opportunities to learn about genetic inquiry in part by providing them with authentic experiences doing inquiry in the discipline. (Contains 29 references.) (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Biology, Epistemology, Genetics, Hands on Science
A Sense of History: History of Science and the Teaching of Introductory Quantum Theory.
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Kragh, Helge – Science and Education, 1992
Based on the example of the history of the photoelectric effect as a case in teaching introductory quantum theory, it is argued that the dilemma between "historical truth" and "didactic usefulness" may be circumvented by focusing on a few, carefully selected case studies. The early introduction of the light-quantum is…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Light, Nuclear Physics, Quantum Mechanics
Epistemic Universalism and the Shortcomings of Curricular Multicultural Science Education.
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Southerland, Sherry A. – Science and Education, 2000
Identifies both epistemic and political shortcomings in the portrayal of science found in curricular multicultural science education. This approach denies the unique characteristics of Western science as it ignores the particular strengths of other systems of thought and has the unexpected political effect of reaffirming scientism. Discusses a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evolution, Higher Education, Minority Groups
The Nature of Science and Scientific Knowledge: Implications for a Preservice Elementary Methods Course.
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Meichtry, Yvonne J. – Science and Education, 1999
Describes teaching considerations related to the nature of science and scientific knowledge in an elementary-science methods course. Discusses instructional strategies used to develop preservice elementary teachers' understandings of the nature of science and scientific knowledge. Presents the results of these strategies on teacher learning and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Methods Courses