1. Introduction to the issue

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 2

2. Conceptual change among middle school students studying elementary thermodynamics

   • Eileen Lob Lewis

   AERA SIG: Education, Science, and Technology Pages: 3 - 31

3. Advanced distance education technology and hands-on science

   • William J. Boone

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 46

4. Psychometric testing as a predictor of student performance in first year physics practicals

   • J. A. Cilliers
   • P. Kruger
   • P. A. Kirschner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 57

5. The impact of scienceware and foundations on students' attitudes towards science and science classes

   • Steven J. Stratford
   • Elizabeth A. Finkel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 59 - 67

6. Learning science in an alternative context: The effects on a selected group of young science educators

   • Joyce Nyhof-Young

   OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 75

7. Sense-making—A case study using the movieJurassic park

   • Tony P. Murphy

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 86

8. Instructional technology: A tool or a panacea?

   • Howard Kimmel
   • Fadi Deek

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 92