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Choi, Aeran; Notebaert, Andrew; Diaz, Juan; Hand, Brian – Research in Science Education, 2010
A critical component of science is the role of inquiry and argument in moving scientific knowledge forward. However, while students are expected to engage in inquiry activities in science classrooms, there is not always a similar emphasis on the role of argument within the inquiry activities. Building from previous studies on the Science Writing…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Secondary School Science, Inquiry, Science Instruction
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Hand, Brian; Gunel, Murat; Ulu, Cuneyt – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
In the study of science topics especially in physics students are expected to move between different modes of representation when dealing with a particular concept as any science concept can be represented in several different modes. The difficulty for students is that they are often unable to move between these multi-modal representations and…
Descriptors: Physics, Test Construction, Science Education, Visual Aids