Solid-state chemists have been consistently successful in envisioning and making new
compounds, often enlisting the tools of theoretical solid-state physics to explain some of the …

Chemical bonding is one of the key and basic concepts in chemistry. The learning of many
of the concepts taught in chemistry, in both secondary schools as well as in the colleges, is …

Models and modelling play a central role in the nature of science, in its conduct, in the
accreditation and dissemination of its outcomes, as well as forming a bridge to technology …

As chemistry is concerned with the properties and transformations of materials, chemists are
essentially modellers of the substances that constitute such materials and of their …

In 1994, Studies in Science Education published a review discussing'the rise and fall of
constructivism'(Solomon, 1994). This paper suggested that'constructivism', which had …

Chapter 5 examined major areas of criticism of the tradition of work often labelled as
'constructivism in Science Education'. Among these were suggestions that research in this …

The research reported in this inquiry consisted of a study involving two each of Year-12,
undergraduate and postgraduate Australian students. The learners' mental models for …

One of the aspects science education should focus on is learning about science. Achieving
a good understanding of this aspect requires, among others, the useof the history of science …

The results presented here derive from a longitudinal study of Swedish upper secondary
science students'(16–19 years of age) developing understanding of key chemical concepts …

The model-based view (MBV) of science education, which strives for authenticity in science
teaching, is currently seeking support from the philosophical positions related to the …