Learning science: conceptual understanding

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Dear Reader! You are hereby invited to help us build up a bank of European science education abstracts of doctoral theses. You may submit an abstract of your own dissertation, or encourage your colleagues or students to do so. Our editorial policy on this web site is to publish science education dissertation abstracts from European universities. We also publish abstracts from non-European countries if a thesis has been supervised or written by an ESERA member.

Niklas Gericke

Science versus School-science; Multiple models in genetics - The depiction of gene function in upper secondary textbooks and its influence on studnets’ understanding E-mail: niklas.gericke@kau.se 

Lena Löfgren

Everylthing has its processes one could say. A longitudinal study following students' ideas about transformations of matter from age 7 to 16 E-mail: lena.lofgren@hkr.se 

Eva Nyberg

On the Continuity of Life. Teaching and learning about the life cycles of plants and animals – a case study in grade 5. E-mail: eva.nyberg@ped.gu.se 

Michael E. Beeth

Dynamic aspects of conceptual change instruction and learning USA E-mail: mbeeth@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu

Eriksson Urban

Reading the Sky: From Starspots to Spotting Stars Supervisors: Linder, Cedric, Professor, Airey, John, Docent, Redfors, Andreas, Professor E-mail: urban.eriksson@hkr.se 

Thomas J.J. McCloughlin

The Application Of Repertory Grid Analysis In Eliciting Conceptual Frameworks And Classificatory Knowledge Of Biological Natural Kinds Concepts University of Dublin, Ireland Supervisor: Dr. Philip S.C. Matthews E-mail: thomas.mccloughlin@spd.dcu.ie

Gunnhildur Óskarsdóttir

The development of children’s ideas about the body: How these ideas change in a teaching environment Univeristy of Iceland, Iceland Supervisors: Professor Jón Torfi Jónasson and Professor Michael Reiss E-mail: gunn@hi.is

Gabriel Carvalho

Operational Invariants in Two Conceptual Fields Transition: Studying Relative Time Email: ifmgabriel@gmail.com

Fang SuChi

Teaching and learning the mole concept: an investigation of science secondary classrooms in Australia and Taiwan University of Melbourne, Australia Supervisor: Christina Hart and David Clarke E-mail: suchhii@msn.com

Shu-Chiu Liu

The Alternative Models of the Universe: A Cross-Cultural Study on Students’ and Historical Ideas about the Heavens and the Earth with a View towards Reshaping Science Instruction  University of Oldenburg, Germany E-mail: shu.c.liu@mail.uni-oldenburg.de

Daniel Osewold

Conceptions on Mechanical Waves- a historic educational reconstruction - University Oldenburg, Germany E-mail: daniel.osewold@uni-oldenburg.de

Sebastian Opitz

Students' Progresing Understanding of the Energy Concept: An Analysis of Larning in Biological and Cross- Disciplinary Contexts Leibniz Institute of Science and Mathematics Education, Kiel, Germany Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ute Harms Email: bastiopitz@web.de

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