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 …

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 …

Modelling as an element in scientific methodology and models as the outcome of modelling
are both important aspects of the conduct of science and hence of science education. The …

A nonequivalent, control group design was used to investigate student achievement in
secondary chemistry. This study investigated the effect of process‐oriented guided inquiry …

The purpose of this study was to investigate Thai students' understanding of dilution and
related concepts. The literature suggests that a complete understanding of chemistry …

The core educational purposes of scientific models are to help student learning as well as
develop the students' problem solving skills. This study uses three-stage method of literature …

Understanding the nature of models and engaging in modeling practice have been
emphasized in science education. However, few studies discuss the relationships between …

This research addresses high school students' understandings of the nature of models, and
their interaction with model‐based software in three science domains, namely, biology …

In this study, secondary school students'(N= 617; grades 7 to 10) understanding of models
and modeling was assessed using tasks which explicitly refer to the scientific disciplines of …