This article reviews what didactic models are, how they can be produced through didactic
modelling and how didactic models can be used for analyses of teaching and learning and …

Many within the science education community and beyond see practical work carried out by
students as an essential feature of science education. Questions have, however, been …

This paper set emerged from an international symposium that aimed to shed light on issues
associated with the enactment of inquiry both as means (ie, inquiry as an instructional …

We report here on the first of two evaluations of a national project (Getting Practical:
Improving Practical Work in Science—IPWiS) designed to improve the effectiveness of …

Since its border crossing from the social sciences around 30 years ago, qualitative research
has been providing science education researchers with radically new perspectives for …

Desde hace unas décadas la investigación basada en el diseño de Secuencias de
Enseñanza-Aprendizaje se ha convertido en una línea de investigación cada vez más …

In this paper we consider how theories of learning can inform the practice of
scienceteaching in formal settings. We describe two broad strands of learning theory that …

There is a growing body of evidence which demonstrates that students' learning of scientific
concepts can be improved as a result of implementing research-based teaching sequences …

Alice is a 14-year-old high school student, and in her science classes she has been taught
quite a lot about the scientific concept of energy. Prior to these lessons Alice certainly used …

European programs of design research have developed distinctive types of apparatus to
structure and support the process of didactical design. This article illustrates how …