Volume 43, Issue 1, February 2013

ISSN: 0157-244X (Print) 1573-1898 (Online)

In this issue (20 articles)

  1. EditorialNotes

    RISE Editorial

    Deborah Corrigan Pages 1-2
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    Teacher Quality Indicators as Predictors of Instructional Assessment Practices in Science Classrooms in Secondary Schools in Barbados

    Babalola J. Ogunkola, Ramona E. Archer-Bradshaw Pages 3-31
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    High School Students’ Understanding of the Human Body System

    Orit Ben-Zvi Assaraf, Jeff Dodick, Jaklin Tripto Pages 33-56
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    A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration of Intrinsic Problems in Designing Inquiry Activities

    Daniel Z. Meyer, Allison Antink Meyer, Keith A. Nabb… Pages 57-76
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    Responding to a Relevance Imperative in School Science and Mathematics: Humanising the Curriculum Through Story

    Linda Darby-Hobbs Pages 77-97
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    Science Students Creating Hybrid Spaces when Engaging in an Expo Investigation Project

    Umesh Ramnarain, Josef de Beer Pages 99-116
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    Views of Nature and the Human-Nature Relations: An Analysis of the Visual Syntax of Pictures about the Environment in Greek Primary School Textbooks—Diachronic Considerations

    Rea Lemoni, Ageliki Lefkaditou, Anastasia G. Stamou… Pages 117-140
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    Teaching Gene Technology in an Outreach Lab: Students’ Assigned Cognitive Load Clusters and the Clusters’ Relationships to Learner Characteristics, Laboratory Variables, and Cognitive Achievement

    Franz-Josef Scharfenberg, Franz X. Bogner Pages 141-161
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    New Curricular Material for Science Classes: How Do Students Evaluate It?

    Sofia Freire, Cláudia Faria, Cecília Galvão, Pedro Reis Pages 163-178
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    Transforming the Social Practices of Learning with Representations: A Study of Disciplinary Discourse

    Kim Nichols, Jim Hanan, Muditha Ranasinghe Pages 179-208
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    Consistency of Students’ Ideas across Evaporation, Condensation, and Boiling

    Zubeyde Demet Kirbulut, Michael Edward Beeth Pages 209-232
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    Science Engagement and Literacy: A Retrospective Analysis for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Students in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia

    Amanda Woods-McConney, Mary C. Oliver, Andrew McConney… Pages 233-252
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    A Pedagogical Model for Ethical Inquiry into Socioscientific Issues In Science

    Kathryn J. Saunders, Léonie J. Rennie Pages 253-274
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    At the Crossroads: The Impact of New Irish Science Curricula on First Year Post-Primary Students

    Janet Penelope Varley, Clíona Murphy, Órlaith Veale Pages 275-298
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    Teachers’ Perspectives on the Human-Nature Relationship: Implications for Environmental Education

    António Almeida, Clara Vasconcelos Pages 299-316
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    Argumentation in the Chemistry Laboratory: Inquiry and Confirmatory Experiments

    Dvora Katchevich, Avi Hofstein, Rachel Mamlok-Naaman Pages 317-345
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    Modelling the Sociocultural Contexts of Science Education: The Teachers’ Perspective

    Nasser Mansour Pages 347-369
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    Dialectical Features of Students’ Argumentation: A Critical Review of Argumentation Studies in Science Education

    Jan Alexis Nielsen Pages 371-393
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    Students’ and Teachers’ Application of Surface Area to Volume Relationships

    Amy R. Taylor, M. Gail Jones Pages 395-411
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    Inquiry-Based Laboratory Activities in Electrochemistry: High School Students’ Achievements and Attitudes

    Burcin Acar Sesen, Leman Tarhan Pages 413-435
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