Underpinning science education reform movements in the last 20 years—at all levels and
within all disciplines—is an explicit shift in the goals of science teaching from students …

This paper presents an integrated view of the ideas and conceptual problems of high school
students with respect to the cell, its processes, structure and relation to the functions of …

Science Teaching explains how history and philosophy of science contributes to the
resolution of persistent theoretical, curricular, and pedagogical issues in science education …

Beim Vorwissen Ihrer SchülerInnen anknüpfen! Schülervorstellungen sind ein klassisches
Thema psychologischer und fachdidaktischer Lehr-und Lernforschung. Ohne deren …

This study reports on our steps toward achieving a conceptually coherent and empirically
validated learning progression for carbon cycling in socio‐ecological systems. It describes …

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 aim of the research was to investigate the effect of the amount and quality of content
knowledge on pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). The biological content …

The research focus on children's science has recently shifted from separate concepts to
more comprehensive and complex topics. This study addressed pupils' understanding of the …

In this study, a close‐ended questionnaire examining all aspects of photosynthesis
simultaneously has been developed and administered to 290 Greek pupils aged 13. It …

The biological processes of photosynthesis and plant cellular respiration include multiple
biochemical steps, occur simultaneously within plant cells, and share common molecular …