Whose science is it anyway? Models of science according to chemistry students, faculty, and teachers

CHED 146

Laura M. Kennedy, laurakennedy1984@msn.com, Ellen J. Yezierski, yezierse@gvsu.edu, and Deborah G. Herrington, herringd@gvsu.edu. Department of Chemistry, Grand Valley State University, 7293 28th Ave., Hudsonville, MI 49426
Target Inquiry (TI) at Grand Valley State University is an innovative professional development and graduate program for chemistry teachers designed to impact the quality and frequency of inquiry teaching. Following a laboratory research experience, teachers in the TI program were interviewed and asked to create a model to represent scientific inquiry. Data indicated a variety of models and conceptions about the processes of science. To determine how conceptions of scientific inquiry change over time and how students, scientists, and teachers represent the process of science differently, eight chemistry majors and five chemistry faculty were interviewed. Participants were asked to create models to represent the processes of scientific inquiry and explain them. Participants also compared their models with other existing models, including Harwood's Activity Model. Findings will be presented.
 

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7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Sunday, March 25, 2007 Hyatt Regency Chicago -- Riverside Center, Poster

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Division of Chemical Education

The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007