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Peer reviewedWallace, John; Chou, Ching-Yang – Science Education, 2001
Examines the way in which students cooperate in Taiwanese and Australian science classrooms. Concludes that students from Taiwan and Australia have a range of understandings and interpretations about what it means to cooperate in science classrooms. There are complex connections between cooperative behavior, student academic ability, sex, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperation, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedTsai, Chin-Chung – Science Education, 1999
Describes a study that explored the interplay between students' scientific epistemological views (SEVs) and their learning in school laboratory activities. Finds that students having SEVs oriented to constructivist views of science tend to focus more on negotiating the meanings of experiments with their peers than students with SEVs more in line…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Discourse Analysis, Epistemology, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedTsai, Chin-Chung – Science Education, 1998
Explores the interaction between scientific epistemological beliefs and learning orientations in a group of Taiwanese eighth-grade students. Suggests the importance of employing a constructivist philosophy in the classroom. Contains 55 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education
