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Direct linkChittleborough, Gail D.; Treagust, David F.; Mamiala, Thapelo L.; Mocerino, Mauro – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2005
The purpose of this paper was to investigate students' views on models and modelling in science as well as the role that models play in learning, using a theoretical framework of models in learning. Students' views on models in science were investigated using a pencil-and-paper questionnaire given to 275 students from Grade 8 (13 years old) to…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Teaching Models, Learning Processes, Epistemology
Treagust, David F.; Chittleborough, Gail D.; Mamiala, Thapelo L. – Research in Science Education, 2004
The purpose of the study was to investigate secondary students' understanding of the descriptive and predictive nature of teaching models used in representing compounds in introductory organic chemistry. Of interest were the relationships between teaching models, scientific models, and students' mental models and expressed models. The results from…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Organic Chemistry, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction
