Large Scale Scientific Modeling Practices That Can Organize Science Instruction at the Unit and Lesson Levels

Science educators today still struggle with finding better ways to help students develop strong conceptual understandings as opposed to memorizing isolated facts. Recently there has been increased attention on learning explanatory models as a key to conceptual understanding. Science educators also s...

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Main Authors: Maria Cecilia Nunez-Oviedo, John J. Clement
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Education
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feduc.2019.00068/full