1. Teaching Energy Science as Inquiry: Reflections on Professional Development as a Tool to Build Inquiry Teaching Skills for Middle and High School Teachers

   • Kanesa Duncan Seraphin
   • Joanna Philippoff
   • Diana Papini Warren

   OriginalPaper Open access 26 June 2012 Pages: 235 - 251

   

2. Exploring Students’ Ideas About Risks and Benefits of Nuclear Power Using Risk Perception Theories

   • Ahmet Kılınç
   • Edward Boyes
   • Martin Stanisstreet

   OriginalPaper 04 June 2012 Pages: 252 - 266

   

3. Virtual Professional Learning Communities: Teachers’ Perceptions of Virtual Versus Face-to-Face Professional Development

   • Tom J. McConnell
   • Joyce M. Parker
   • Mary A. Lundeberg

   OriginalPaper 04 June 2012 Pages: 267 - 277

   

4. Engaging Earth- and Environmental-Science Undergraduates Through Weather Discussions and an eLearning Weather Forecasting Contest

   • David M. Schultz
   • Stuart Anderson
   • Ryo Seo-Zindy

   OriginalPaper 11 July 2012 Pages: 278 - 286

   

5. Mapping Changes in Science Teachers’ Content Knowledge: Concept Maps and Authentic Professional Development

   • Barbara A. Greene
   • Ian A. Lubin
   • Susan E. Walden

   OriginalPaper 16 June 2012 Pages: 287 - 299

   

6. Eliciting Metacognitive Experiences and Reflection in a Year 11 Chemistry Classroom: An Activity Theory Perspective

   • Gregory P. Thomas
   • Campbell J. McRobbie

   OriginalPaper 16 June 2012 Pages: 300 - 313

   

7. Middle School Science Teachers’ Confidence and Pedagogical Practice of New Literacies

   • Hui-Yin Hsu
   • Shiang-Kwei Wang
   • Lisa Runco

   OriginalPaper 30 June 2012 Pages: 314 - 324

   

8. Identifying Science Teachers’ Perceptions of Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK)

   • Tzu-Chiang Lin
   • Chin-Chung Tsai
   • Min-Hsien Lee

   OriginalPaper 10 July 2012 Pages: 325 - 336

   

9. The Development of Children’s Understanding of Speed Change: A Contributing Factor Towards Commonsense Theories of Motion

   • Michael Hast
   • Christine Howe

   OriginalPaper 05 July 2012 Pages: 337 - 350

   

10. Determining Virtual Environment “Fit”: The Relationship Between Navigation Style in a Virtual Field Trip, Student Self-Reported Desire to Visit the Field Trip Site in the Real World, and the Purposes of Science Education

    • M. Shane Tutwiler
    • Ming-Chao Lin
    • Chun-Yen Chang

    OriginalPaper 24 August 2012 Pages: 351 - 361

    

11. Exploring Simulator Use in the Preparation of Chemical Engineers

    • Randy Yerrick
    • Carl Lund
    • Yonghee Lee

    OriginalPaper 03 August 2012 Pages: 362 - 378

    

12. Incorporating Concept Mapping in Project-Based Learning: Lessons from Watershed Investigations

    • James Rye
    • Rick Landenberger
    • Timothy A. Warner

    OriginalPaper 19 July 2012 Pages: 379 - 392