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Direct linkHoward, Kristen E.; Brown, Shane A.; Chung, Serena H.; Jobson, B. Thomas; VanReken, Timothy M. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2013
Research has shown that high school and college students have a lack of conceptual understanding of global warming, ozone, and the greenhouse effect. Most research in this area used survey methodologies and did not include concepts of atmospheric chemistry and ozone formation. This study investigates college students' understandings of atmospheric…
Descriptors: Climate, Qualitative Research, Misconceptions, College Students
Download full textHerrera, Juan S.; Riggs, Eric M. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2013
Sequence stratigraphy is a major research subject in the geosciences academia and the oil industry. However, the geoscience education literature addressing students' understanding of the basic concepts of sequence stratigraphy is relatively thin, and the topic has not been well explored. We conducted an assessment of 27 students' conceptions of…
Descriptors: Geology, Scientific Concepts, Knowledge Level, Majors (Students)
Dega, Bekele Gashe; Kriek, Jeanne; Mogese, Temesgen Fereja – Research in Science Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to categorize 35 Ethiopian undergraduate physics students' alternative conceptions in the concepts of electric potential and energy. A descriptive qualitative research design was used to categorize the students' alternative conceptions. Four independently homogeneous ability focus groups were formed to elicit the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Kurt, Hakan – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
The current study aims to determine biology student teachers' cognitive structure on the concept of "living thing" through revealing their conceptual framework. Qualitative research method was applied in this study. The data were collected from 44 biology student teachers. A free word association test was used as a data collection…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Biology, Student Teachers, Misconceptions
Küçüközer, Hüseyin – Science Education International, 2007
The main objective of this study was to identify prospective science teachers' conceptions on basic astronomical phenomena. A questionnaire consisting of nine open-ended questions was administered to 327 prospective science teachers. The questionnaire was constructed after extensive review of the literature and took into consideration the reported…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education
Zhang, Xiangmin; Anghelescu, Hermina G. B.; Yuan, Xiaojun – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2005
Introduction: This study sought to answer three questions: 1) Would the level of domain knowledge significantly affect the user's search behaviour? 2) Would the level of domain knowledge significantly affect search effectiveness, and 3) What would be the relationship between search behaviour and search effectiveness? Method: Participants were…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Search Strategies, Online Searching, Engineering Education
