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Baptista, Mónica; Martins, Iva; Conceição, Teresa – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2019
The purpose of this research was to know what the effect of the use of multiple representations (MR) was in the development of the students' cognitive structures. This research was conducted in three Grade 12 classes, in a total of 68 students. A Word Association Test (WAT) was used as data collection instrument. The results from WAT show that…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Grade 12, High School Students
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Baptista, Monica; Martins, Iva; Conceiçao, Teresa; Reis, Pedro – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2019
The purpose of this study was to understand how the use of multiple representations (MR), during a sequence of lessons on the saponification reaction, can help students develop their cognitive structures. We examined (i) the effect of the teaching sequence with MR on the development of the students' cognitive structures and (ii) how, according to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Grade 12, High School Students, Chemistry
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Faria, Claudia; Freire, Sofia; Galvao, Cecilia; Reis, Pedro; Baptista, Monica – Science Education International, 2012
The goal of this study was to understand which factors, related to school science, can interfere with engagement of students-at-risk-of-dropping-out with school science and to know what kind of activities and teaching strategies are adequate to these students. This case-study involved a chemistry-teacher and ten male students. Data was based on…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Science Education, Teaching Methods, Dropout Prevention