Spatial intelligence concerns the locations of objects, their shapes, their relations, and the
paths they take as they move. Recognition of spatial skills enriches the traditional …

Multiple external representations (MERs) are central to the practice and learning of science,
mathematics and engineering, as the phenomena and entities investigated and controlled in …

Abstract The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) emphasize authentic scientific
practices such as developing models and constructing explanations of phenomena …

The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of argumentation-based pedagogy on
college students' conceptual understanding of properties and behaviors of gases. The …

This chapter argues that to understand the ways that multiple representations should be
designed to support learning, we need to consider the pedagogical functions that they play …

This paper presents findings from a content analysis of 650 empirical chemistry education
research papers published in two top-tiered chemistry education journals Chemistry …

Thermodynamics is a basic topic for both science and engineering disciplines. There have
been many studies on heat and temperature, but only few focused on laws of …

New Zealand science educators in arguing for improving school science education for all
students with different interests and career aspirations (Gluckman, 2011; Tytler, 2007) …

The goal of this study was to identify student misconceptions and difficulties in writing
symbolic-level balanced equations for dissolving ionic compounds in water. A sample of 105 …

Concerns persist regarding high school students' chemistry learning. Learning chemistry is
challenging because of chemistry's innate complexity and the need for students to construct …