1. Editorial

   • Campbell J. McRobbie

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

2. Perceptions of the relevance of mathematics and science: An Australian study

   • Jennifer Jones
   • Deidra J. Young

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 18

3. Toward a critical approach to the study of learning environments in science classrooms

   • Anthony Lorsbach
   • Kenneth Tobin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 32

4. STS and comparative assessment of scientific theory

   • Peter J. Fensham

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 38

5. Metaphors as global markers for teachers' beliefs about the nature of science

   • Catherine Milne
   • Peter Charles Taylor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 39 - 49

6. Interpretation of students' understanding of the concept of weightlessness

   • Igal Galili

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 74

7. The development, trial and evaluation of a constructivist teaching and learning approach in a preservice science teacher education program

   • Brian Hand
   • Ray Peterson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 88

8. Snapshots of uncertainty: A new tool for the indentification of students' conceptions of scientific phenomena

   • Chris J. Dawson
   • J. A. Rowell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 100

9. Science education research and cognitive science

   • Philip Adey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 113

10. Science concept learning by English as second language junior secondary students

    • Pui-Kwong Lai
    • Keith B. Lucas
    • Ed V. Burke

    OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 124