This article presents a critical and systematic review of the science education research
literature that explores the response of learners to contradicting information (anomalous …

A goal of educational efforts, whether in formal or informal learning environments, is to
expand individuals' knowledge of some phenomenon. Promoting knowledge is commonly …

[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Curriculum Development: Theory into
Design.] Although curriculum design has a long tradition in physics education research …

While the majority of published research on conceptual change has focused on how
misconceptions can be abandoned or modified, some recent research findings support the …

Abstract Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) provide opportunities to learn a vast range
of subjects. Because MOOCs are open to anyone with computer access and rarely have …

We advance the understanding of how student emotions relate to their learning of
socioscientific issues (SSI). Studies have tended to examine how students' positive and …

People who hold scientific explanations for natural phenomena also hold folk explanations,
and the two types of explanations compete under some circumstances. Here, we explore the …

This study aims to deliver a summary of conceptual change research based on scientific
production, most rele-vant researchers and countries, co-authorship collaboration, and …

Floating and sinking (FS) is a key topic in science education, both at primary and secondary
levels. The interpretation of FS phenomena, however, is challenging due to the difficulty of …

A central challenge in developing conceptual understanding in science is overcoming naive
ideas that contradict the content of science curricula. Neuroimaging studies reveal that high …