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Journal of Science Education and Technology

December 2012 Volume 21, Number 6

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Table of Contents

Number of articles: 15

  1. Team Knowledge Sharing Intervention Effects on Team Shared Mental Models and Student Performance in an Undergraduate Science Course

    Eric G. Sikorski, Tristan E. Johnson & Paul H. Ruscher

    The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a shared mental model (SMM) based intervention on student team mental model similarity and ultimately team performance in an undergraduate... More

    pp. 641-651

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  2. Exploring ICT Integration as a Tool to Engage Young People at a Flexible Learning Centre

    Kimberley Luanne Wilson & Suzi Ursula Boldeman

    The Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) Flexible Learning Centres aim to provide a supportive learning environment for young people who find themselves outside of the mainstream secondary... More

    pp. 661-668

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  3. Misconceptions about Sound among Engineering Students

    Arcadi Pejuan, Xavier Bohigas, Xavier Jaen & Cristina Periago

    Our first objective was to detect misconceptions about the microscopic nature of sound among senior university students enrolled in different engineering programmes (from chemistry to... More

    pp. 669-685

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  4. A Thematic Review of Studies into the Effectiveness of Context-Based Chemistry Curricula

    Neslihan Ultay & Muammer Calik

    Context-based chemistry education aims at making connections between real life and the scientific content of chemistry courses. The purpose of this study was to evaluate context-based chemistry... More

    pp. 686-701

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  5. The Analysis of Students' Conceptions as a Support for Designing a Teaching/Learning Sequence on the Acoustic Properties of Materials

    Maria Isabel Hernandez, Digna Couso & Roser Pinto

    We believe that finding out how students think about certain topics that are covered in science classes should not be "the end of the story" but the starting point for planning lessons and... More

    pp. 702-712

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  6. Effectiveness of a Science Agricultural Summer Experience (SASE) in Recruiting Students to Natural Resources Management

    Edward Martinez, Jennifer Lindline, Michael S. Petronis & Maura Pilotti

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects an increase in Natural Resource Management (NRM) jobs within the next 10 years due to baby-boomer retirements and a 12% increase in demand for these... More

    pp. 713-721

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  7. Validating and Optimizing the Effects of Model Progression in Simulation-Based Inquiry Learning

    Yvonne G. Mulder, Ard W. Lazonder, Ton de Jong, Anjo Anjewierden & Lars Bollen

    Model progression denotes the organization of the inquiry learning process in successive phases of increasing complexity. This study investigated the effectiveness of model progression in general, ... More

    pp. 722-729

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  8. STEM Education Related Dissertation Abstracts: A Bounded Qualitative Meta-Study

    James Banning & James E. Folkestad

    This article utilizes a bounded qualitative meta-study framework to examine the 101 dissertation abstracts found by searching the ProQuest Dissertation and Theses[TM] digital database for... More

    pp. 730-741

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  9. A Reanalysis of Engineering Majors' Self-Efficacy Beliefs

    James P. Concannon & Lloyd H. Barrow

    This study examines differences in women's engineering self-efficacy beliefs across grade levels in comparison to men's engineering self-efficacy (ESE) beliefs across grade levels. Data for this... More

    pp. 742-753

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  10. Pedagogical Affordances of Multiple External Representations in Scientific Processes

    Hsin-Kai Wu & Sadhana Puntambekar

    Multiple external representations (MERs) have been widely used in science teaching and learning. Theories such as dual coding theory and cognitive flexibility theory have been developed to explain ... More

    pp. 754-767

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  11. The Anthropogenic "Greenhouse Effect": Greek Prospective Primary Teachers' Ideas about Causes, Consequences and Cures

    Simos Ikonomidis, Dimitris Papanastasiou, Dimitris Melas & Stavros Avgoloupis

    This study explores the ideas of Greek prospective primary teachers about the anthropogenic greenhouse effect, particularly about its causes, consequences and cures. For this purpose, a survey was ... More

    pp. 768-779

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  12. The Relationships between Epistemic Beliefs in Biology and Approaches to Learning Biology among Biology-Major University Students in Taiwan

    Yi-Chun Lin, Jyh-Chong Liang & Chin-Chung Tsai

    The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between students' epistemic beliefs in biology and their approaches to learning biology. To this end, two instruments, the epistemic... More

    pp. 796-807

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  13. Computer-Supported Collaborative Inquiry on Buoyancy: A Discourse Analysis Supporting the "Pieces" Position on Conceptual Change

    Sandrine Turcotte

    This article describes in detail a conversation analysis of conceptual change in a computer-supported collaborative learning environment. Conceptual change is an essential learning process in... More

    pp. 808-825

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  14. Students' Conceptions about "Radiation": Results from an Explorative Interview Study of 9th Grade Students

    Susanne Neumann & Martin Hopf

    One basis of good teaching is to know about your students' preconceptions. Studies about typical ideas that students bring to the science classroom have been and continue to be a major field in... More

    pp. 826-834

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  15. The Departmental Script as an Ongoing Conversation into the Phronesis of Teaching Science as Inquiry

    Wayne Melville, Todd Campbell, Xavier Fazio & Anthony Bartley

    This article investigates the extent to which a science department script supports the teaching and learning of science as inquiry and how this script is translated into individual teachers'... More

    pp. 835-850

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