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Journal of Research in Science Teaching Volume 28, 1991 CONTENTS Volume 28, Issue 1, January 1991 Editorial: Ronald Good Teacher Awareness of Student Alternate Conceptions about Rotational Motion and Gravity: Terrance Berg and Wytze Brouwer Correlates of Formal Operational Reasoning: A Neo-Piagetian Analysis: Mansoor Niaz Effects of the Learning Cycle upon Student and Classroom Teacher Performance: Edmund A. Marek and Suzanne B. Methven Secondary Science Teachers’ Attitudes toward and Beliefs about Science Reading and Science Textbooks: Larry D. Yore Model Building and a Definition of Science: Steven W. Gilbert Twelfth-Grade Biology Pupils’ Opinions on Interventions of Man in Nature: Agreement, Indifference and Ambivalence: Amos Dreyfus and Zvi Roth Enhancing Learning Using Questions Adjunct to Science Charts: William Holliday and Garth Benson Volume 28, Issue 2, February 1991 Editorial: Research on Science-Mathematics Connections: Ronald Good .... The Inquiry Level of Junior High Activities: Implications to Science Teaching: Edward L. Pizzini, Daniel P. Shepardson, and Sandra K. Abell Effect of Written Text on Usage of Newton’s Third Law: Rosemary K. Boyle and David P. Maloney Cooperative Learning and Group Educational Modules: Effects on Cognitive Achievement of High School Biology Students: Scott B. Watson The Determinants of Grades Three to Eight Students’ Intentions to Engage in Laboratory and Nonlaboratory Science Learning Behavior: Brian D. Ray The Importance of Reflection in Improving Science Teaching and Learning: John R. Baird, Peter J. Fensham, Richard F. Gunstone, and Richard T. White 974 VOLUME CONTENTS * Reliability and Concurrent Validity of a Measure of Critical Thinking Skills in Biology: Mary Anne McMurray, Bruce en and Paul Beisenherz eee The Relationship Between Affect and Achievement in Science: Leonie J. Rennie and Keith F. Punch Volume 28, Issue 3, March 199] Guest Editorial: Mantras, False Dichotomies, and Science Education Research: James H. Wandersee The Effect of Laboratory and Lecture Teaching Methods on Cognitive Achievement in Integrated Science: Olagunju Odubunmi and T.A. Balogun Effects of Novelty-Reducing Preparation on Exploratory Behavior and Cognitive Learning in a Science Museum Setting: Carole A. Kubota and Roger G. Olstad Science Teacher Beliefs and Their Influence on Curriculum Implementation: Two Case Studies: Linda L. Cronin-Jones The Roots of Gender Inequity in Technical Areas: James Reed Campbell Formal Operational Reasoning Modes: Predictors of Critical Thinking Abilities and Grades Assigned by Teachers in Science and Mathematics for Students in Grades Nine Through Twelve: Betty L. Bitner The Effect of Instruction on Socio-Cultural Beliefs Hindering the Learning of Science: Olugbemiro J. Jegede and Peter A.O. Okebukola Book Review A Review of Regions of the Mind: Brain Research and the Quest for Scientific Certainty: Victor L. Willson Volume 28, Issue 4, April 1991 Editorial: Some Guidelines for Review: Ron Good Conceptual Change Strategies and Cooperative Group Work in Chemistry: Patricia A. Basili and Julie P. Sanford Using Analogy to Overcome Misconceptions About Conservation of Matter: Ruth Stavy Achievements and Attitudinal Patterns of Boys and Girls in Science: Tamar Levin, Naama Sabar, and Zipora Libman A Case Study of Two Exemplary Biology Teachers: David F. Treagust A Procedure for Determining the Level of Abstraction of Science Reading Material: Myra K. Vachon and Richard E. Haney VOLUME CONTENTS Are High Schoo! Chemistry Textbooks Gender Fair?: Judith A. Bazler and Doris A. Simonis Children’s Views Concerning Phase Changes: Varda Bar and Anthony S. Travis Comments and Criticism Comment on “Identification of Student Misconceptions in Genetics Problem Solving via Computer Program”: Mike U. Smith Response to Dr. Smith's Comments and Criticisms Concerning “Identification a Student Misconceptions in Genetics Problem Solving via Computer re: ark Browning and James D. Lehman Volume 28, Issue 5, May 1991 Editorial: Ronald Good Relation of Field Independence and Test-ltem Format to Student Performance on Written Piagetian Tests: F. Lopez-Rupérez, C. Palacios, and J. Sanchez Effects of Discovery and Expository Instructional Methods on the Attitude of Students to Biology: Gabriel Adeniyi Ajewole Potential Interaction and Potential Investigation of Science Center Exhibits and Visitors’ Interest: Laurier Busque Process Skills Acquisition, Cognitive Growth, and Attitude Change of Ninth Grade Students in a Scientific Literacy Course: Dale R. Baker and Michael Elementary School Teachers’ Beliefs About and Perceptions of Elementary School Science, Science Reading, Science Textbooks, and Supportive In- structional Factors: James A. Shymansky, Larry D. Yore, and Ronald Good Can Teachers Predict their Students’ Wait Time Preferences?: Mary A. Altiere and Orpha K. Duell Comments and Criticism Comments on “The Uses of Lawson's Test of Formal Reasoning in the Israeli Science Education Context: Gabriel Sunday Bomide Volume 28, Issue 6, August 199] Editorial: Ron Good A Qualitative Study of Middle School Students’ Perceptions of Factors Facilitating the Learning of Science: Grounded Theory and Existing Theory: Barbara S. Spector and Charles W. Gibson 976 VOLUME CONTENTS * Testing the Ecological Validity of Teacher-Provided Versus Student-Generated Postquestions in Reading College Science Text: Joseph A. Pearson Enhancing Chemistry Problem-Solving Achievement Using Problem Categor- ization: Diane M. Bunce, Dorothy L. Gabel, and John V. Samuel Enhancing Learning Usirg Questions, Adjunct to Science Charts: William G. Holliday and Garth Benson The Effects of Infusing STS Vignettes into the Genetics Unit of Biology on Learner Outcomes in STS and Genetics: A Report of Two Investigations: Peter A. Rubba, Michael McGuyer, and Thomas M. Wahlund Factors in the Development of Proportional Reasoning Strategies by Concrete Operational College Students: Wolff-Michael Roth and Marlene M. Milkent ; Volume 28, Issue 7, September 1991 Editorial: Ron Good Role of the Epistemic Subject in Piaget's Genetic Epistemology and its Importance for Science Education: Mansoor Niaz Is Piaget's Epistemic Subject Dead?: Anton E. Lawson Teaching/Learning Styles, Performance, and Students’ Teaching Evaluation in S/T/E/S-Focused Science Teacher Education: A Quasiquantitative Probe of a Case Study: Uri Zoller Toward a Social-Contexts Frame of Reference for Science Education Research: Elisabeth Charron The Implications of Content Versus Item Validity on Science Tests: William L. Yarroch The Development of Reasoning on the Balance Beam: Wolff-Michael Roth Volume 28, Issue 8, October 1991 * Guest Editorial: Improving Science Teaching Through Research: Joel J. Mintzes ¢ A Cross-Age Study of Student Understanding of the Concept of Diffusion: Susan L. Westbrook and Edmund A. Marek * Novice Use of Qualitative Versus Quantitative Problem Solving in Electrostatics: Claude McMillan Ill and Marc Swadener * Classroom and Community Influences on Youths’ Perceptions of Science in a Rural County School System: Elisabeth H. Charron * A Study of the Nature of Students’ Understandings About the Concept of Burning: Saouma B. BouJaoude VOLUME CONTENTS * The Concept Map as an Advance Organizer: Marvin Willerman and Richard A. Mac Harg * A Method to Quantify Major Themes of Scientific Literacy in Science Textbooks: Eugene L. Chiappetta, David A. Fillman, and Godrej H. Sethna Volume 28, Issue 9, November 1991 Special Issue: Students’ Models and Epistemologies Editor's Note: Ron Good Overview: Students’ Models and Epistemologies of Science: Marcia C. Linn, Nancy Butler Songer, and Eileen L. Lewis Cognition in Scientific and Everyday Domains: Comparison and Learning Im- plications: Frederick Reif and Jill H. Larkin How Do Students’ Views of Science Influence Knowledge Integration?: Nancy Butler Songer and Marcia C. Linn Development of Explanation: Incremental and Fundamental Change in Children’s Physics Knowledge: Kathleen E. Metz Understanding Models and Their Use in Science: Conceptions of Middle and High School Students and Experts: Lorraine Grosslight, Christopher Unger, Eileen Jay, and Carol L. Smith The Scientific Theory Profile: A Philosophy of Science Models for Science Teachers: Cathleen C. Loving Epistemological Perspectives on Conceptual Change: Implications for Educational Practice: Richard A. Duschl and Drew H. Gitomer Students’ Transition from an Engineering Model to a Science Model of Exper- imentation: Leona Schauble, Leopold E. Klopfer, and Kalyani Raghavan Volume 28, Issue 10, December 1991 Editorial: Context in Teaching and Learning: Ronald Good Teaching Thermodynamics to Middle School Students: What Are Appropriate Cognitive Demands?: Marcia C. Linn and Nancy Butler Songer A Comparison of Applied and Theoretical Knowledge of Concepts Based on the Particulate Nature of Matter: Abdullateef H. Haidar and Michael R. Abraham ¢ A Quantitative Analysis of High School Chemistry Textbooks for Scientific Literacy Themes and Expository Learning Aids: Eugene L. Chiappetta, Godrej H. Sethna, and David A. Fillman 978 VOLUME CONTENTS ¢ Hypothetico-Deductive Reasoning Skill and Concept Acquisition: Testing a Con- structivist Hypothesis: Anton E. Lawson, Christine B. McElrath, Margaret S. Burton, Bart D. James, Roy P. Doyle, Stephen L. Woodward, Lawrence Kellerman, and Jan D. Snyder ¢« Volume Contents e Author Index