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Jeong, Soojeong; Elliott, Jennifer B.; Feng, Zhang; Feldon, David F. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
The properties and functions of complex systems apply across a variety of domains of science and are at the heart of the solutions to many global crises facing the world today. As such, understanding of complex systems has been increasingly recognized as a core goal of science education. Learning about complexity-related concepts and phenomena is…
Descriptors: Ecology, Systems Approach, Science Education, Scientific Concepts
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Al khawaldeh, Salem A.; Al Olaimat, Ali M. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2010
The present study conducted to investigate the contribution of conceptual change texts, accompanied by concept mapping instruction to eleventh-grade students' understanding of cellular respiration concepts, and their retention of this understanding. Cellular respiration concepts test was developed as a result of examination of related literature…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Concept Mapping, Biology
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Oliver, Kevin – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
This study investigated how well 74 6th-grade science students represented text structures from a 900-word textbook chapter on soil conservation, given a concept map template with four superordinate terms and 24 unsorted concepts. Findings suggest students were more successful at classifying pre-selected terms under given superordinate categories…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Reading Comprehension, Soil Science, Grade 6