ESERA 2009 CONFERENCE
Istanbul, Turkey
August 31st - September 4th 2009

STRAND: 3.The Nature of Scientific Content
Oral Presentations
1	STUDENTS’ PRE- AND POST-TEACHING ANALOGICAL REASONING
	» Rosária Justi - Federal University of Minas Gerais‚ Brazil » Nilmara Braga Mozzer - Federal University of Minas Gerais‚ Brazil
2	GENERATING SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN OPTICS VIA PHENOMENOLOGY
	» Wilfried Sommer - Alanus University for Arts and Social Sciences » Johannes Grebe-Ellis - Leuphana University Lueneburg
3	SIMILARITIES ABOUT DIGESTION ELABORATED BY CHILDREN
	» Mariana de Carvalho Capistrano Cunha - Federal University of Minas Gerais » Rosária Justi - Federal University of Minas Gerais
4	GUIDING THE PHYSICS STUDENTS TO THE DOORSTEPS OF MODELLING THROUGH THE GATEWAYS OF ASSUMPTIONS AND ANALOGIES
	» BHUPATI CHAKRABARTI - DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS‚ CITY COLLEGE‚ KOLKATA 700 009‚ INDIA
5	UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ EPISTEMOLOGICAL BELIEFS ON NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
	» Flavia Rezende - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro » Isabella Oliveira - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
6	THE USE OF CONCEPT NETWORKS IN REPRESENTING PHYSICS KNOWLEDGE IN TEACHER EDUCATION: CONNECTING THE STRUCTURE TO THE CONTENT
	» Maija Pehkonen - Department of Physics‚ University of Helsinki » Ismo Koponen - Department of Physics‚ University of Helsinki
7	THE VIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY CONVEYED BY SIMULATION-BASED VIRTUAL LABORATORIES
	» Sufen Chen - National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
8	METHODS FOR INVESTIGATING STUDENTS’ LEARNING AND INTERACTION WITH A HAPTIC VIRTUAL BIOMOLECULAR MODEL
	» Gunnar E. Höst - Linköping University‚ Sweden » Konrad J. Schönborn - Linköping University‚ Sweden » Petter Bivall Persson - Linköping University‚ Sweden » Lena A. E. Tibell - Linköping University‚ Sweden
9	THE DISCIPLINE-CULTURE MODEL AND CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION:THE CASE OF QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
	» Eugenio Bertozzi - Department of Physics‚ University of Bologna » Igal Galili - Science Teaching Department‚ Hebrew University of Jerusalem » Olivia Levrini - Department of Physics‚ University of Bologna
10	GRAPH COMPREHENSION IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: OBJECTS AND CATEGORIES
	» Frederik Voetmann Christiansen - Department for Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy‚ Section for Social Pharmacy‚ Faculty of the Pharmaceutical Sciences‚ University of Copenhagen‚ Nørre Allé 71‚ CPH Ø‚ DK-2100‚ fvc@farma.ku.dk. » Michael May - LearningLab DTU‚ Technical University of Denmark‚ E-mail: mma@llab.dtu.dk‚ Anker Engelundsvej 1‚ Building 101‚ DK-2800 Lyngby.
11	A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS CONSTRUCTING AND INTERPRETING VISUAL ELEMENTS IN SCIENCE TEXT
	» Christine D. Tippett - University of Victoria » Larry D. Yore - University of Victoria
12	VALIDATION OF A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ASSESSING SECONDARY STUDENTS` CONCEPTIONS OF SCIENCE AND LEARNING SCIENCE
	» Verónica López - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile)‚ School of Psychology » Corina González - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (Chile)‚ Institute of Biology » Juan Francisco Gavilán - Universidad de Concepción (Chile)‚ Faculty of Biology
13	CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS AND HIDDEN ANALOGIES IN PHYSICS LANGUAGE: TEXTBOOK ANALYSIS AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR PHYSICS TEACHER EDUCATION
	» Lutz Kasper - University of Potsdam
14	MODEL OF A COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURE OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS
	» Paul Tarábek - Educational Publisher Didaktis – member of the European Educational Publishers Group‚ Hasselager‚ Denmark; Address: Didaktis‚ Hyrosova 4‚ 81104 Bratislava‚ Slovak Republic
15	THE ORGANIZATION OF CHEMISTRY AS CONCEIVED BY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS - A STUDY USING CONCEPT MAPS
	» Paulo Alves Porto - Instituto de Química - Universidade de São Paulo » Paola Corio - Instituto de Química - Universidade de São Paulo » Flavio Antonio Maximiano - Instituto de Química - Universidade de São Paulo » Carmen Fernandez - Instituto de Química - Universidade de São Paulo
16	CONSTRUCTION OF A DIDACTICAL FACT FROM A HISTORICAL FACT
	» Mercè Izquierdo Aymerich - UAB » Jordi Vallverdú Segura - UAB
17	CONTEXTUALIZING EXPLICIT/REFLECTIVE NATURE OF SCIENCE INSTRUCTION IN AN UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY COURSE FOR FUTURE TEACHERS
	» Reneé S. Schwartz - Western Michigan University
18	THE EFFECT OF GUIDANCE ON STUDENTS’ MENTAL MODELS WHEN LEARNING FROM SIMULATIONS OF DYNAMIC PROCESSES
	» Sevil Akaygun - University of Northern Colorado » Loretta L. Jones - University of Northern Colorado
19	RECOGNIZING THE STRUCTURAL ROLE OF MATHEMATICS IN PHYSICAL THOUGHT
	» Ricardo Avelar Sotomaior Karam - Faculty of Education - University of São Paulo - Brazil » Maurício Pietrocola Pinto de Oliveira - Faculty of Education - University of São Paulo - Brazil
20	INVESTIGATING LEARNING ABOUT NATURE OF SCIENCE (NOS) AND ITS EFFECTS IN AFGHANISTAN
	» Huseyin Colak - Indiana University » Omar Qargha - Indiana University » Shoaib M. Hakemi - » Terrence Mason - Indiana University
Interactive Poster Presentations
1	INTERPRETATION OF OTTO ENGINE ANIMATIONS
	» Jesper Haglund - Linköping Univeristy‚ Sweden
2	DOES THE TERM DYNAMOMETER ANSWER ITS LINGUISTIC MEANING? WHAT SHOULD IT BE CALLED: FORCEMETER, MEASURING DYNES, JOULEMETERS...? WHY?
	» EUGENIO FERNÁNDEZ DURÁN - Dpto. Física Teórica y del Cosmos. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Granada. Spain » ENRIQUE JIMÉNEZ GÓMEZ - Dpto. Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales. Facultad de Educación. Universidad de Murcia. Spain » ISABEL SOLANO MARTÍNEZ - Dpto. Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales. Facultad de Educación. Universidad de Murcia. Spain.
3	COMMUNICATING ABOUT MOLECULES
	» Anne Solli - Chalmers University of Technology‚ Göteborg‚ Sweden » Birgitta Frändberg - Chalmers University of Technology‚ Göteborg‚ Sweden » Miranda Rocksén - University of Gothenburg ‚ Göteborg‚ Sweden‚ » Karin Thörne - Karlstad University‚ Karlstad‚ Sweden » Sara Wahlberg - Karlstad University‚ Karlstad‚ Sweden
4	MODEL OF A COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURE OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS: CONCEPT MAPS
	» Paul Tarábek - Educational Publisher Didaktis – member of the European Educational Publishers Group‚ Hasselager‚ Denmark; Address: Didaktis‚ Hyrosova 4‚ 81104 Bratislava‚ Slovak Republic
5	NATURE OF SCIENCE, ANALOGY, AND EDUCATION
	» Mansoor Vesali - Faculty of science‚ Shahid Rajae Teacher Training University » Elham Ghanavati - Faculty of science‚ Shahid Rajae Teacher Training University » Naeem Daradoora - Faculty of science‚ Shahid Rajae Teacher Training University » Ali Basaer - Faculty of science‚ Shahid Rajae Teacher Training University
6	MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS USE POSTERS, BROCHURES, AND FOLDABLES ® TO DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE CONCEPTS
	» Christine D. Tippett - University of Victoria » Larry D. Yore - University of Victoria
7	THE USE OF MATHEMATICS IN HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE
	» Lauren Brodsky - King´s College London
Round Table Discussions
1	SCIENTISTS’ TENDENCIES TO EDUCATE OTHERS ABOUT PROBLEMATIC ASPECTS OF BUSINESS-SCIENCE PARTNERSHIPS
	» J. Lawrence Bencze - OISE‚ University of Toronto » G. Michael Bowen - Mount Saint Vincent University‚ Halifax » Maurice Di Giuseppe - University of Ontario‚ Institute of Technology
2	WHICH DEFINITION(S) OF WEIGHT DO WE TEACH? WHICH ONE IS CORRECT?
	» Ulaş ÜSTÜN - Middle East Technical University » Ali ERYILMAZ - Middle East Technical University
3	CHEMICAL REPRESENTATIONS: BRIDGING SUBMICROSCOPIC AND SYMBOLIC DIMENSIONS OF CHEMICAL KNOWLEDGE IN LIGHT OF PEIRCE´S THEORY OF SIGN.
	» Jackson Gois - Universidade Federal do Paraná » Marcelo Giordan - Universidade de São Paulo
4	THE EFFECTS OF MODEL BASED SCIENCE EDUCATION ON STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AND ITS DOMAIN OF EXISTENCE
	» Gul Unal Coban - Dokuz Eylul University Buca Faculty Education »  Omer Ergin - Dokuz Eylul University Buca Faculty of Education
5	WHAT ARE MODELS AND HOW DO WE LEARN WITH MODELS?
	» Mustafa B. Aktan - Hacettepe University
Multi-Paper Sets
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Symposia
1	VISUALIZATION AND MODELLING IN THE LEARNING OF SCIENCE
	Paper 1 VISUALIZATION IN LEARNING ABOUT CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM   » Ilkay Ozdemit Atac - Bogazici University‚ Turkey » Dilek Ardac - Bogazici University‚ Turkey Paper 2 A WEB-BASED LEARNING TOOL THAT EMPHASISES THE ROLE OF VISUALS IN SUPPORTING ARGUMENTATIVE CLAIMS   » Neslihan Er - Bogazici University‚ Turkey » Dilek Ardac - Bogazici University‚ Turkey Paper 3 THE USE OF A MODEL OF MODELLING TO DEVELOP VISUALIZATION DURING THE LEARNING OF IONIC BONDING   » John K. Gilbert - University of Reading‚ U.K. » Rosária Justi - Federal University of Minas Gerais‚ Brazil » Ariadne S. Queiroz - Federal University of Minas Gerais‚ Brazil Paper 4 CASE STUDIES IN STUDENTS´ VISUALIZATION OF SCIENCE - A DUAL CODING PERSPECTIVE   » Maurice Cheng - University of Hong Kong‚ Hong Kong » John K. Gilbert - The University of Reading‚ UK
Panel Discussions
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Workshops
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