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Fortus, David; Lin, Jing; Neumann, Knut; Sadler, Troy D. – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
The goal of science literacy for all underlies much of today's K-12 science education (National Academies of Sciences [2016]. "Science literacy: Concepts, contexts, and consequences." National Academies Press; Roberts, [2007]. Scientific literacy/science literacy. In S. K. Abell, & N. G. Lederman (Eds.), "Handbook of research on…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Science Education, Role of Education, National Standards
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Hadenfeldt, Jan Christoph; Liu, Xiufeng; Neumann, Knut – Studies in Science Education, 2014
This manuscript presents a systematic review of the research on how students conceptualise matter. Understanding the structure and properties of matter is an essential part of science literacy. Over the last decades the number of studies on students' conceptions of matter published in peer-reviewed journals has increased significantly. These…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Literacy
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Neumann, Knut; Fischer, Hans E.; Kauertz, Alexander – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2010
The German education system does not traditionally rely on standardized testing. However, when the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study revealed an average performance of German students compared to other participating countries, a particular proportion of low-performing students, and remarkable disparities between the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Standardized Tests, Educational Change, Foreign Countries