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A conceptual guide to natural history museum visitors' understanding of evolution
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2010-03)
Museum visitors are an ideal population for assessing the persistence of the conceptual barriers that make it difficult to grasp Darwinian evolutionary theory. In comparison with other members of the public, they are more ...
THE GENETIC RECOMBINATION OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2010-06)
The estrangement between genetic scientists and theologians originating in the 1960s is reflected in novel combinations of human thought (subject) and genes (investigational object), paralleling each other through the ...
Developing a hypothetical multi-dimensional learning progression for the nature of matter
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2010-08)
We describe efforts toward the development of a hypothetical learning progression (HLP) for the growth of grade 7–14 students' models of the structure, behavior and properties of matter, as it relates to nanoscale science ...
Re‐conceptualization of scientific literacy in South Korea for the 21st century
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2011-08)
As the context of human life expands from personal to global, a new vision of scientific literacy is needed. Based on a synthesis of the literature and the findings of an online survey of South Korean and US secondary ...
Examining the effect of teachers' adaptations of a middle school science inquiry-oriented curriculum unit on student learning
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2011-02)
Reform based curriculum offer a promising avenue to support greater student achievement in science. Yet teachers frequently adapt innovative curriculum when they use them in their own classrooms. In this study, we examine ...
New directions for JRST
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2010-01)
No Abstract.
Building a learning progression for celestial motion: Elementary levels from an earth-based perspective
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2010-09)
Prior research has demonstrated that neither children nor adults hold a scientific understanding of the big ideas of astronomy, as described in standards documents for science education [National Research Council [1996]. ...
Journal of Research in Science Teaching annual report: January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2011-05)
No Abstract.
Advancing the field through multiple media
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2010-04)
No Abstract.
Announcement from Publisher
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2010-01)
No Abstract.