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Peer reviewedGalili, Igal; Hazan, Amnon – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Explores high school students' and preservice teachers' knowledge of light, vision, and related topics before and after commonly practiced instruction. Suggests a hierarchical structure to represent the collective conceptual knowledge of students and teachers in terms of facets and schemes of knowledge. Makes suggestions for designing instruction…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Direct linkBischoff, Paul J. – Science Education, 2006
This study explored preservice teachers' (n = 25) knowledge structures and their mastery of content knowledge in relation to their ability to diagnose the strengths and weaknesses of a fourth grader's videotaped explanations of a scientific phenomenon, i.e., molecular kinetic properties of air. Participants' knowledge structures were analyzed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Cognitive Structures, Preservice Teachers, Kinetics
