Designing a magic flask: a new activity for teaching nature of science in both formal and informal learning environments

References

• 1001 Inventions. Banu Musa and the Science of Tricks. Accessed May 6, 2019. http://1001inventions.com/banumusa
   Google Scholar
• AAAS [American Association for the Advancement of Science]. 1993. Benchmarks for Science literacy. New York: Oxford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Abd-El-Khalick, F. 1998. The influence of history of science courses on students’ conceptions of the nature of science. Unpublished PhD diss., Oregon State University.
   Google Scholar
• Abd-El-Khalick, F. 2005. Developing deeper understandings of nature of science: The impact of a philosophy of science course on preservice science teachers’ views and instructional planning. International Journal of Science Education 21 (1):15–41.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Abd-El-Khalick, F. 2014. The evolving landscape related to assessment of nature of science. In Handbook of research in science education, Volume 2, ed. N. G. Lederman and S. K. Abell, 621–50. New York, NY: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Abd-El-Khalick, F., and N. G. Lederman. 2000. The influence of history of science courses on students’ views of nature of science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 37 (10):1057–95. doi: 10.1002/1098-2736(200012)37:10<1057::AID-TEA3>3.0.CO;2-C.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Akerson, V. L., T. A. Cullen, and D. L. Hanson. 2009. Fostering a community of practice through a professional development program to improve elementary teachers’ views of nature of science and teaching practice. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 46 (10):1090–113. doi: 10.1002/tea.20303.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Allchin, D. 2011. Evaluating knowledge of the nature of (whole) science. Science Education 95 (3):518–42. doi: 10.1002/sce.20432.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bell, R. L., B. K. Mulvey, and J. L. Maeng. 2012. Beyond understanding: Process skills as a context for nature of science instruction. In Advances in nature of science research: Concepts and methodologies, ed. M. S. Khine, 225–45. New York: Springer.
   Google Scholar
• Briggs, M. 2019. A more challenging mystery tube for teaching the nature of science. The Physics Teacher 57 (5):300–3. doi: 10.1119/1.5098917.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chien, A., and A. Godshall. 2005. Magic water: A black box activity. Accessed March 12, 2019. http://www.scienceteacherprogram.org/pdf/Chien_lesson_magic.pdf.
   Google Scholar
• Clough, M. P. 2004. The nature of science: Understanding how the game of science is played. In The game of science education, ed. J. Weld, 198–227. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
   Google Scholar
• Erduran, S., and Z. Dagher. 2014. Reconceptualizing the nature of science for science education: Scientific knowledge, practices and other family categories. Dordrecht: Springer.
   Google Scholar
• García-Carmona, A. 2018. Improving pre-service elementary teachers’ understanding of the nature of science through an analysis of the historical case of Rosalind Franklin and the Structure of DNA. Research in Science Education 1: 27. doi: 10.1007/s11165-018-9798-4.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Irwin, A. R. 2000. Historical case studies: Teaching the nature of science in context. Science Education 84 (1):5–26.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Irzik, G., and R. Nola. 2014. New directions for nature of science research. In International handbook of research in history, philosophy and science teaching, ed. M. Matthews, 999–1021. Dordrecht: Springer.
   Google Scholar
• Khishfe, R., and F. Abd-El-Khalick. 2002. The influence of explicit and reflective versus implicit inquiry oriented instruction on sixth graders’ views of nature of science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 39 (7):551–78. doi: 10.1002/tea.10036.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lederman, N. G. 1992. Students’ and teachers’ conceptions of the nature of science: A review of the research. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 29 (4):331–59. doi: 10.1002/tea.3660290404.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lederman, N. G. 2007. Nature of science: Past, present, and future. In Handbook of research on science education, ed. S. A. Abell and N. G. Lederman, 831–79. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
   Google Scholar
• Lederman, N. G., F. Abd-El-Khalick, R. L. Bell, and R. S. Schwartz. 2002. Views of nature of science questionnaire (VNOS): Toward valid and meaningful assessment of learners’ conceptions of nature of science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 39 (6):497–521. doi: 10.1002/tea.10034.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Matthews, M. 2012. Changing the focus: From nature of science (NOS) to features of science (FOS). In Advances in nature of science research, ed. M. S. Khine, 3–26. Dordrecht: Springer.
   Google Scholar
• Miller, S. 2014. Modeling the nature of science with the mystery tube. The Physics Teacher 52 (9):548–51. doi: 10.1119/1.4902200.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Morgan, J. R., A. M. Moon, and L. R. Barroso. 2013. Engineering better projects. In STEM project-based learning: An Integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) approach, eds. R. M. Capraro, M. M. Capraro, and J. Morgan, 29–37. 2nd ed. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
   Google Scholar
• National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council. 2009. Engineering in K-12 Education: Understanding the status and improving the prospect. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
   Google Scholar
• National Research Council (NRC). 2012. A framework for K–12 science education: Practices, crosscutting concepts, and core ideas. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
   Google Scholar
• The NGSS Lead States. 2013. Next generation science standards: For states, by states. Washington DC: The National Academies Press.
   Google Scholar
• Sandoval, W. A. 2005. Understanding students’ practical epistemologies and their influence on learning through inquiry. Science Education 89 (4):634–56. doi: 10.1002/sce.20065.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yeşiloğlu, S. N., B. Demirdöğen, and F. Köseoğlu. 2010. The first step in nature of science teaching: New society activity and arguments on its implementation. Ahi Evran University Journal of Kirşehir Education Faculty Special Issue:165–88.
   Google Scholar