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Emmanuel Echeverri-Jimenez; Morgan Balabanoff – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
A systematic literature review across multiple scientific disciplines was conducted to explore students' understanding of atomic structure, focusing on students' ACs. A total of 112 publications between 1972 and 2023 were selected for the study. Within the selected body of literature, 851 instances of ACs were distributed across students ranging…
Descriptors: Nuclear Physics, Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Concept Mapping
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Herrmann-Abell, Cari F.; DeBoer, George E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2018
This study tests a hypothesized learning progression for the concept of energy. It looks at 14 specific ideas under the categories of (i) Energy Forms and Transformations; (ii) Energy Transfer; (iii) Energy Dissipation and Degradation; and (iv) Energy Conservation. It then examines students' growth of understanding within each of these ideas at…
Descriptors: Energy, Science Instruction, Concept Formation, Energy Conservation
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Choi, Kyunghee; Lee, Hyunju; Shin, Namsoo; Kim, Sung-Won; Krajcik, Joseph – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
As the context of human life expands from personal to global, a new vision of scientific literacy is needed. Based on a synthesis of the literature and the findings of an online survey of South Korean and US secondary science teachers, we developed a framework for scientific literacy for South Korea that includes five dimensions: content…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Science Teachers, Science Education
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Kikas, Eve – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
This study focuses on the conceptions of trainee, primary, and subject teachers about three phenomena: the motion of objects, seasonal changes, and aggregate changes of matter. A total of 198 participants completed a questionnaire concerning two types of tasks. First, teachers evaluated the adequacy of a given explanation as compared to their…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Elementary Secondary Education
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Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1982
Illustrates advantages of research on practical factors in reasoning. Discusses role of factual knowledge and diagnosis of specific task-based errors in reasoning, influence of individual aptitudes on reasoning, and effect of educational interventions designed to change reasoning. Presents Piagetian position for each position, discusses evidence…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Aptitude, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
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Radford, David L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Project LIFE, a state systemic initiatives professional development program for middle-grade life science teachers, has been successful in improving the science content knowledge, process skills, and attitudes toward teaching science of the teachers participating in the project. The essential characteristics of this project are described as a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Knowledge Level