Designed primarily for practicing teachers and for use in pre-and in-service courses in
science education, this book focuses on how 10-to 15-year-old children learn science …

The present article elaborates on cognitive effects of problem‐based learning put forward by
Schmidt, De Volder, De Grave, Moust & Patel (1989) and Norman & Schmidt (1992). Its …

ERIC - EJ283172 - Learning Science: A Generative Process., Science Education, 1983-Jul
NotesFAQContact Us ERIC - Institute of Education Sciences Collection Thesaurus Advanced …

CSCL: Theory and Practice of an Emerging Paradigm Page 1 CHAPTER 9 LEARNING BY
COLLABORATING: CONVERGENT CONCEPTUAL CHANGE Jeremy Roschelle Institute for …

The human ability to render meaning through symbolic media such as art, dance, music, and
speech defines, in many ways, the uniqueness of our species. One symbolic medium in …

An understanding of the concepts of atom and molecule is fundamental to the learning of
chemistry. Any misconceptions and alternative conceptions that students harbor about these …

Everyday life provides people with countless opportunities for observing and interacting with
objects in motion. For example, watching a baseball game, driving a car and even dropping …

This book, about a newly emerging area of research in instructional technology, has as its
title the acronym" CSCL." Initially, CSCL was chosen as an acronym for Computer …

One of the factors affecting students' learning in science is their existing knowledge prior to
instruction. The students' prior knowledge provides an indication of the alternative …

There are three main sections in this paper. The first section presents an overview of the
research that has been undertaken into students' conceptions relating to mechanics. One …