1. Preface

   • Richard P. Tisher

   EditorialNotes Pages: vi - vi

2. Creative learning in science education

   • Jan Garrard

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 10

3. Learning strategies and the learner's approach to a problem solving task

   • Gloria Dall'Alba

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 20

4. Case studies of teaching problem solving

   • Kam-Wah Lee

   OriginalPaper Pages: 21 - 30

5. Common sense answers in physics

   • Catherine Ameh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 31 - 39

6. Identification of secondary students' misconceptions of covalent bonding and structure concepts using a diagnostic instrument

   • Ray Peterson
   • David Treagust
   • Patrick Garnett

   OriginalPaper Pages: 40 - 48

7. Models, meters and memory

   • Colin Gauld

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 54

8. Prior knowledge and primary pupils' interaction with a museum display

   • David Symington
   • Keith Boundy
   • Rosemary Taylor

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 62

9. Health and sickness causation and the influence of Thai culture among Thai schoolchildren

   • Pranee Rice
   • Richard Gunstone

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 72

10. Science teachers' concepts in Nigeria and Australia

    • Catherine Ameh
    • Richard Gunstone

    OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 81

11. Questions on students' questions

    • Hanna J. Arzi
    • Richard T. White

    OriginalPaper Pages: 82 - 91

12. Lessons from science education in Thailand: A case study of gender and learning in the physical sciences

    • Peter Fensham

    OriginalPaper Pages: 92 - 100

13. Conditions of learning in science classrooms and what we can learn from them

    • Miriam Ben-Peretz
    • Joseph Menis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 110

14. Constructs used by science teachers to describe able students: A pilot study

    • John Bailey
    • Colin Boylan
    • Doug Hill

    OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 118

15. Increasing curriculum responsibility: Science teachers respond to a new challenge

    • Jeff Northfield

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 124

16. New directions for Australian research on science teacher education

    • Richard Tisher

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 134

17. Explanation and explaining in science education

    • Paul Strube

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 140

18. Teaching, learning and the curriculum 1: The influence of content in science

    • Ian Mitchell
    • John Baird

    OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 149

19. Teaching, learning and the curriculum 2: Science and beyond

    • Judie Mitchell
    • John Baird

    OriginalPaper Pages: 150 - 158

20. Sex differences in science education in a developing country: Kenya

    • Nicholas Twoli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 168

21. LISP (Energy) — The framework

    • Malcolm Carr
    • Beverley Bell
    • David Symington

    OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 174

22. LISP (Energy) — Some preliminary findings

    • Valda Kirkwood
    • Malcolm Carr
    • Jane McChesney

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 183

23. Moving from one setting to another: Student reactions around transitions

    • Warren Beasley
    • Jim Butler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 184 - 190

24. Using computer simulations to promote achievement and transfer

    • Ronald Oliver
    • James Okey

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 198

25. Evaluating students' misconceptions by means of diagnostic multiple choice items

    • David Treagust

    OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 207

26. Constructing an understanding of water-quality: Public perceptions and attitudes concerning three different water-bodies

    • John Happs

    OriginalPaper Pages: 208 - 215

27. Exemplary chemistry teaching in perth schools

    • Patrick Garnett

    OriginalPaper Pages: 216 - 225

28. Integrating schematic representations of knowledge: A theoretical stimulus to science educators?

    • Jack Rowell
    • Chris Dawson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 226 - 232

29. Research notes

    BriefCommunication Pages: 233 - 235