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Navigating the Complexities of Student Understanding: Exploring the Coherency of Students' Conceptions about the Greenhouse Effect
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Thomas Schubatzky; Claudia Haagen-Schützenhöfer; Rainer Wackermann; Carina Wöhlke; Sarah Wildbichler – Science Education, 2024
The greenhouse effect is a complex scientific phenomenon that plays a crucial role in understanding climate change. Grasping students' understanding of this phenomenon on the content-specific level but also how students' conceptions are organized is vital for effective climate change education. This study addresses both levels and delves into the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 11, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction
Toward a Theory of "Experience"
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Roth, Wolff-Michael; Jornet, Alfredo – Science Education, 2014
"Experience" is one of the most used terms in (science) education, and it is recognized as being related to learning (education). Yet "what" experience is and "how" it is related to learning and change remains untheorized. In this paper, we mainly draw on the work of J. Dewey and L. S. Vygotsky but also on M. Bakhtin…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Experience, Philosophy
Learning about Atoms, Molecules, and Chemical Bonds: A Case Study of Multiple-Model Use in Grade 11 Chemistry.
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Harrison, Allan G.; Treagust, David F. – Science Education, 2000
Reports in detail on a year-long case study of multiple-model use at grade 11. Suggests that students who socially negotiated the shared and unshared attributes of common analogical models for atoms, molecules, and chemical bonds used these models more consistently in their explanations. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Atomic Structure, Chemical Bonding, Chemistry, Grade 11
An Investigation into Factors Affecting Attitudes toward Science of Secondary School Students in Jordan.
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Hasan, Omar E. – Science Education, 1985
Determined the influence of selected instructional, student, and home variables on 11th grade Jordanian students' (N=313) attitudes toward science. Attitudes were measured with an instrument constructed by the author utilizing the Thurstone-Chave Technique. Student's perception of science ability was found to be the only variable affecting…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Grade 11, Performance Factors, Science Education
Does Science Education Improve the Image of Science?
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Lijnse, Piet – Science Education, 1983
Discusses the results of an opinion survey of ninth- and eleventh-grade students about questions concerning interaction between science/scientists and society. Compares these results to similar study done by European Economic Community. Presents priorities for science as students see them, considering sources of these attitudes/opinions and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 11, Grade 9, High Schools
Students' Preconceptions about the Epistemology of Science.
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Ryan, A. G.; Aikenhead, G. S. – Science Education, 1992
A sample of grade 11 and 12 Canadian students (n>2000) responded to a national survey concerning the epistemology of science. Results revealed preconceptions held by students involving the nature of science, scientific assumptions, values in science, conceptual inventions, the scientific method, consensus making in science, and characteristics…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Epistemology, Foreign Countries, Grade 11
Attitudes toward Chemistry among 11th Grade Students in High Schools in Greece
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Salta, Katerina; Tzougraki, Chryssa – Science Education, 2004
The development of valid and reliable instruments for attitudes' measurement has been proven crucial for the quality of research. This study is dealing with the development and validation of an attitude toward chemistry instrument. By using this instrument, 11th grade Greek students' attitudes regarding the difficulty, the interest, the usefulness…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 11, Student Attitudes, Report Cards