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Venville, Grady J.; Treagust, David F. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Changes in grade 10 students' (n=79) conceptions of genes during genetics instruction was studied from multiple perspectives. Ontologically, most students moved from passive to active models of genes. Affectively, students were interested in genetics but unmotivated by microscopic mechanistic explanations; however, teaching approaches were…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Biology, Concept Formation, Genetics

Harrison, Allan G.; Treagust, David F. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1993
This case study describes 1 teacher's implementation of a modified version of Glynn's Teaching-with-Analogies model with a grade-10 optics class on refraction of light. (PR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Research, Grade 10, High Schools