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Vorhölter, Katrin – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2019
Metacognitive strategies are needed to solve complex problems such as mathematical modelling problems in groups in a goal-oriented and successful manner. In this paper, the results of an intervention study aiming at enhancing students metacognitive group strategies for modelling are presented. Students from 18 different classes (grade nine and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Metacognition, Models, Problem Solving
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Al-Balushi, Sulaiman M.; Martin-Hansen, Lisa – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore high school students' ideas regarding two theoretical scientific models, either electron cloud or sodium chloride crystal, in the context of active learning in small groups. Conversations among peers regarding these models took place during two types of active learning activities: small-group discussion and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Models, Active Learning, Secondary School Science
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Bravo-Torija, Beatriz; Jimenez-Aleixandre, Maria-Pilar – Research in Science Education, 2012
Sustainable management of marine resources raises great challenges. Working with this socio-scientific issue in the classroom requires students to apply complex models about energy flow and trophic pyramids in order to understand that food chains represent transfer of energy, to construct meanings for sustainable resources management through…
Descriptors: Ecology, Grade 10, Group Activities, Models