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Guidelines for writing a dissertation abstract

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.

Wolter Kaper

Learning to Teach ThermodynamicsDiscussions that are problem-posing to teacher and students, leading to thermodynamic understanding and to a modified Van Hiele level scheme E-mail: kaper@chem.uva.nl 

Gerard D. Thijs

Diagnosis and remediation of conceptual difficulties in the teaching and learning of the concept of energy in Mozambique. E-mail: gd.thijs@dienst.vu.nl 

Gerard D. Thijs

Classroom developmental study on the role of practical work in conceptual development, in particular in basic mechanics. E-mail: gd.thijs@dienst.vu.nl 

Martin Rusek

The Research of Secondary School Students‘ Attitudes Towards Chemistry at Basic School Charles University, Czech Republic Supervisor: Pavel Beneš E-mail: martin.rusek@pedf.cuni.cz

Jelle Boeve-de Pauw

Valuing the invaluable - Effects of individual, school and cultural factors on the environmental values of children University of Antwerp, Belgium Email: jelle.boevedepauw@ua.ac.be

Dimitris Koliopoulos

Epistemological and didactic dimensions of the curriculum construction processes: The case of the didactic transposition and learning of the energy concept University of Patras, Greece Supervisor: Ravanis, K. E-mail: dkoliop@upatras.gr

Olga Gioka

Formative assessment in teaching graphing skills in investigation lessons: a study of teachers’ goals, strategies, assessment criteria and feedback London South Bank University, United Kingdom E-mail:ogioka@cc.uoi.gr

Gultekin Cakmakci

A cross-sectional study of the understanding of chemical kinetics among Turkish secondary and undergraduate students University of Leeds, United Kingdom Supervisors: John Leach & Jim Donnelly E-mail: cakmakci@hacettepe.edu.tr

Jennifer DeWitt

Supporting teachers on science-focused school trips: Towards an integrated framework of theory and practice King's College London, United Kingdom E-mail: jennifer.dewitt@kcl.ac.uk

Nicholas Denys Colclough

Trainee teachers and ionising radiation: understandings, attitudes and risk assessments. A descriptive study in one institution University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Laura Colucci-Gray

An Inquiry into role-play as a tool to deal with complex socio-environmental issues and conflict The Open University, United Kingdom Supervisor: Prof. Joan Solomon E-mail: l.t.gray@abdn.ac.uk

Claire M.A. Haworth

A Behavioural Genetic Investigation of the Development of School Science Performance King’s College London, United Kindom Supervisor: Robert Plomin E-mail: Claire.Haworth@kcl.ac.uk

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