Table of Contents

Preface

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Editorial Board

Foreword

China’s physics education reform in the new century: Opportunities and challenges

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Bing-yuan HU

Academic Articles

1.

Determination of the Turkish primary students' views about the particulate nature of matter

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Haluk ÖZMEN and Osman KENAN

2.

Evaluation of pre-service teachers’ images of science teaching in Turkey

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Hulya YILMAZ, Hakan TURKMEN, Jon E. PEDERSEN, & Pinar HUYUGUZEL CAVAS

3.

Intergenerational learning: grandparents teaching everyday concepts in science and technology

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Beverley JANE and Jill ROBBINS

4.

The relationship between funding, ICT, selection processes, administration and planning and the standard of science teacher education in Nigeria

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Nwachukwu Prince OLOLUBE

 General Articles

5.

Teaching argumentation through the visual models in a resource-based learning environment

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Shu-Nu CHANG

6.

The Learning Outcomes Framework and the design of scientific investigation activities

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May Hung CHENG

7.

Primary science assessment item setters' misconceptions concerning biological science concepts

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Hong Kwen BOO

8.

A frame for the development of preservice science teachers

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Deborah CORRIGAN

9.

The exploration and practice of physics experiment teaching based on network

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Min-xi CHENG and Xian-qiu WU

10.

A preliminary study of the devolopmental assessment of Physics inquiry activities

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Hui HUANG

11.

Changing children's views of science and scientists through school-based teaching

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Beverley JANE, Marilyn FLEER & John GIPPS

12.

Science teaching for enlightenment: A holistic approach in developing a teacher's guide for best practices to teach at secondary level

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SITI HENDON Sheikh Abdullah & KHALIJAH Mohd Salleh

13.

Factors influencing pre-service science teachers’ perception of computer self-efficacy

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Meral HAKVERDI, Berna GÜCÜM & Hünkar KORKMAZ

14.

Physics & Biology linked science education: Miracle hair - illustrating the measurement of tensile strength of hair

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An-Li SUI, Cheng-Chih CHEN & Ching-Hao CHEN

 Exemplary Teaching Methods

15.

A pilot approach for creativity education: Reflection on the technology activities "60 seconds motion of an object"

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Jintao CHEN and Szehai ZHANG

16.

Using “What if..” questions to teach science

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Kok Siang TAN

17.

Design and implementation of general test item bank system on the Web

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Dong YANG and Xi Shun XIE

18.

Application of constructivist theory of learning in technological innovation activities in secondary schools

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Tien-lun CHEN

 Acknowledgement

[List of Reviewers]

Editorial Board