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Science Education CONTENTS TO VOLUME 82, 1998 issue 1, January CULTURE AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES, William W. Cobern, Section Editor Cultural Context of School Science Teaching and Learning in the People’s Republic of China Lingbiao Gao LEARNING, Peter W. Hewson, Section Editor Partial Possible Models: An Approach to Interpret Students’ Physical Representation Fernando Flores Camacho and Leticia Gallegos Cazares Making Productive Use of Students’ Initial Conceptions in Developing the Concept of Force Peter J. J.M . Dekkers and Gerard D. Thijs Impact of the MARS Curriculum: The Mass Unit Kalyani Raghavan, Mary L. Sartoris, and Robert Glaser A Structural Model of Parent and Teacher Influences on Science Attitudes of Eighth Graders: Evidence from NELS: 88 Rani George and David Kaplan . Relationship of Family Support and Ethnic Minority Students’ Achievement in Science and Mathematics Frances M. Smith and Cheryl O. Hausafus Issue 2, April Teaching Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Science Classrooms: Survey Results Katherine Norman, Dana Caseau, and Greg P. Stefanich The Demonstration Classroom In-Service: Changes in the Classroom Julie A. Luft and Edward L. Pizzini “A Place Where Living Things Affect and Depend on Each Other”; Qualitative and Quantitative Outcomes Associated with Inclusive Science Teaching Margo A. Mastropieri, Thomas E. Scruggs, Panayota Mantzicopoulos, Amy Sturgeon, Laura Goodwin, and SuHsiang Chung The Inclusion of Multicultural Material in Middle School Science Teachers’ Resource Manuals Kathizen Y. Eide and Michael W. Heikkinen SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION, Thomas Dana and Julie Gess-Newsome, Section Editors The Classroom Practice of Preservice Teachers and Their Conceptions of Teaching and Learning Science Vicente Mellado . Learning to Teach Primary Science through Problem-Based Learning Raymond F. Peterson and David F. Treagust ...................... VOLUME CONTENTS LEARNING, Peter W. Hewson, Section Editor Schematic Concepts for Schematic Models of the Real World: The Newtonian Concept of Force Ibrahim Halloun Unraveling Students’ Misconceptions about the Earth’s Shape and Gravity Cary |. Sneider and Mark M. Ohadi THE BOOKS, Hugh Munby, Tom Russell, and Jeffrey W. Bloom, Section Editors Women and Science: The Snark Syndrome, by Eileen Byrne Nancy W. Brickhouse, William J. Letts, and Sok Khim Tan Science Success for Students with Disabilities, by Robert A. Weisgerber Nancy L. Hutchinson Books Received . issue 3, June Creating Professional Identity: Dilemmas and Metaphors of a First-Year Chemistry Teacher M. J. Volkmann and M. A. Anderson Language Minority Students in High School: The Role of Language in Learning Biology Concepts B. J. Duran, T. Dugan, and R. Weffer ..... Teaching for Conceptual Change: Using Status as a Metacognitive Tool M. E. Beeth SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION, Thomas Dana and Julie Gess-Newsome, Section Editors Science Teaching as Knowledgability: A Case Study of Knowing and Learning During Coteaching W-M. Roth ..... LEARNING, Peter W. Hewson, Section Editor individual Differences within Problem-Solving Strategies Used in Physics A. S. Dhillon ...... ISSUES AND TRENDS, Stephen Norris, Section Editor Scientific Literacy: New Minds for a Changing World P.D. Hurd .. issue 4, July The Nature of Science and Instructional Practice: Making the Unnatural Natural F. Abd-El-Khalick, R. L. Bell, and N. G. Lederman Molecular-Equilibrium Problems: Manipulation of Logical Structure and of M-Demand, and Their Effect on Student Performance G. Tsaparlis, M. Kousathana, and M. Niaz VOLUME CONTENTS Strategies in K-12 Science Instruction to Promote Conceptual Change G. C. Weaver An Analysis of Scientific Epistemological Beliefs and Learning Orientations of Taiwanese Eighth Graders i are SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION, Thomas Dana and Julie Gess-Newsome, Section Editors Investigating Preservice Elementary Science Teacher Reflective Thinking Using Integrated Media Case-Based Instruction in Elementary Science Teacher Preparation S. K. Abell, L. A. Bryan, and M. A. Anderson LEARNING, Peter W. Hewson, Section Editor Difficulties in Learning the Concept of Electric Field C. Furié and J. Guisasola . Issue 5, September From Cathode Rays to Alpha Particles to Quantum of Action: A Rational Reconstruction of Structure of the Atom and Its implications for Chemistry Textbooks Mansoor Niaz Self-Efficacy and Aiternative Conceptions of Science of Preservice Elementary Teachers Kenneth J. Schoon and William J. Boone .... Technology, Text, and Talk: Students’ Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in a Technology-Enhanced Secondary Science Classroom Erminia Pedretti, Jolie Mayer-Smith, and Janice Woodrow CULTURE AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES, William W. Cobern, Section Editor Flux Concept in Learning about Light: A Critique of the Present Situation Igal Galili and Valentina Lavrik COMMENTS AND CRITICISMS The Atheoretical Nature of the National Science Education Standards Thomas W. Shiland Issue 6, November “We're Just Spectators”: A Case Study of Science Teaching, Epistemology, and Classroom Management Randy K. Yerrick, Jon E. Pedersen, Johanes Arnason Teacher Professional Development as Situated Sense-Making: A Case Study in Science Education Ann S. Rosebery and Gillian M. Puttick ......... Lifting the Taboo Regarding Teleology and Anthropomorphism in Biology Education— Heretical Suggestions Anat Zohar and Shlomit Ginossar VOLUME CONTENTS THE BOOKS, Hugh Munby, Tom Russell, and Jeffrey W. Bloom, Section Editors Environmental Studies: An Annotated Bibliography Michael Brody Making Sense: Simulation-of-Research in Organic Chemistry Education Sibel Erduran Nature’s Imagination: The Frontiers of Scientific Vision Ron Good Biotechnology in Latin America: Politics, Impacts, and Risks Eva Krugly-Smoiska Young People’s Images of Science Cathleen C. Loving Oak Ridge National Laboratory: The First Fifty Years J. A. L. Robertson The Sciences: An Integrated Approach Ezra Shahn Misunderstanding Science? The Public Reconstruction of Science and Technology Mike Watts Local Leadership for Science Education Reform Russell H. Yeany Books Received Acknowledgment of Special Reviewers Volume 82 Author Index Volume 82 Contents