Through a review of the literature, this paper asserts that four distinct styles of laboratory
instruction have been utilized throughout the history of chemistry education: expository …

This paper presents a review of literature on effective teaching in science. It tries to explore
what constitutes effective teaching in science. According to the literature reviewed, six main …

The laboratory has been given a central and distinctive role in science education, and
science educators have suggested that rich benefits in learning accrue from using laboratory …

Von Glasersfeld (1992, 5) noted that from the beginning of the 5th century BC, the skeptics
have shown that it is logically impossible to establish the “truth” of any particular piece of …

For a great many years, laboratory activities have been regarded as an important and almost
sacred part of science education. By many science educators, the laboratory is viewed as …

The predominant ideology among science educators is that hands-on experience is at the
heart of science learning. As important as laboratory experience is thought to be, there has …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 109 (1) of Journal
of Educational Psychology (see record 2016-23265-001). In this article, the sixth sentence of …

The purpose of this study was to explicate the impact of an 8‐week science apprenticeship
program on a group of high‐ability secondary students' understandings of the nature of …

In this article, constructivism is examined as an epistemological basis for school science and
mathematics instruction. The nature and process of constructing scientific and mathematical …

Recent literature in science education suggests that, to transform girls' participation,
learning, and identities within school science, we must think about ways to engage girls in …