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Ratinen, Ilkka; Viiri, Jouni; Lehesvuori, Sami – Research in Science Education, 2013
Climate change is a complex environmental problem that can be used to examine students' understanding, gained through classroom communication, of climate change and its interactions. The present study examines a series of four science sessions given to a group of primary school student teachers (n?=?20). This includes analysis of the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Concept Mapping, Climate, Scientific Concepts
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Gericke, Niklas M.; Hagberg, Mariana – Research in Science Education, 2010
This paper explores the occurrence of conceptual incoherence in upper secondary school textbooks resulting from the use of multiple historical models. Swedish biology and chemistry textbooks, as well as a selection of books from English speaking countries, were examined. The purpose of the study was to identify which models are used to represent…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Textbooks, Content Analysis, Models