This Review of Chemistry Education Research (CER) provides an overview of the
development of research in chemistry education from the early days, when ideas about how …

Visual representations play a critical role in enhancing science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM) learning. Educational psychology research shows that adding …

Constructing Representations to Learn in Science Current research into student learning in
science has shifted attention from the traditional cognitivist perspectives of conceptual …

Science Learning and Instruction describes advances in understanding the nature of
science learning and their implications for the design of science instruction. The authors …

Findings generated by recent research in science education, international debate on the
guiding purposes of science education and the nature of scientific and technological literacy …

Acid–base chemistry is central to a wide range of reactions. If students are able to
understand how and why acid–base reactions occur, it should provide a basis for reasoning …

This book is the culmination of over twenty years of work toward a pedagogical theory that
promotes experiential learning of model-laden theory and inquiry in science. It is primarily …

This chapter briefly traces the history of nature of science (NOS) orientations in science
education, notes some differences in the way NOS is defined and in arguments used to …

This case study examined the ability of three first year non-major chemistry students to
understand chemical concepts according to Johnstone's three levels of chemical …

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 …