Making practical work work: using discussion to enhance pupils’ understanding of physics

References

• Abrahams, I. 2005. Between Rhetoric and Reality: The Use and Effectiveness of Practical Work in Secondary School Science. PhD diss. University of York, UK.
   Google Scholar
• Abrahams, I. 2007. “An Unrealistic Image of Science.” School Science Review 88 (324): 119–122.
   Google Scholar
• Abrahams, I., and R. Millar. 2008. “Does Practical Work Really Work? A Study of the Effectiveness of Practical Work as a Teaching and Learning Method in School Science.” International Journal of Science Education 30 (14): 1945–1969.10.1080/09500690701749305
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Abrahams, I., M. Reiss, and R. Sharpe. 2014. “The Impact of the ‘Getting Practical: Improving Practical Work in Science’ Continuing Professional Development Programme on Teachers’ Ideas and Practice in Science Practical Work.” Research in Science & Technological Education 32 (3): 263–280.10.1080/02635143.2014.931841
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Edgeworth, M., and R. Edgeworth. 1811. Essays on Practical Education. 3rd ed. London: Johnson.
   Google Scholar
• Hart, C., P. Mulhall, A. Berry, J. Loughran, and R. Gunstone. 2000. “What is the Purpose of This Experiment? Or Can Students Learn Something from Doing Experiments?” Journal of Research in Science Teaching 37 (7): 655–675.10.1002/(ISSN)1098-2736
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hodson, D. 1991. “Practical Work in Science: Time for a Reappraisal.” Studies in Science Education 19 (1): 175–184.10.1080/03057269108559998
   Google Scholar
• Hodson, D. 1993. “Re-Thinking Old Ways: Towards a More Critical Approach to Practical Work in School Science.” Studies in Science Education 22 (1): 85–142.10.1080/03057269308560022
   Google Scholar
• Hofstein, A., M. Kipnis, and P. Kind. 2008. “Learning in and from Science Laboratories: Enhancing Students’ Meta-Cognition and Argumentation Skills.” In Science Education Issues and Developments, edited by C. Petroselli, 59–94. London: Nova Science.
   Google Scholar
• Hofstein, A., and V. Lunetta. 2003. “The Laboratory in Science Education: Foundations for the Twenty-First Century.” Science Education 88 (1): 28–54.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• House of Commons, Science and Technology Committee. 2002. Science Education from 14 to 19: Third Report of Session 2001–2. vol. I. London: The Stationery Office.
   Google Scholar
• House of Lords, Science and Technology Committee. 2006. Tenth Report of Session 2005-06 Science Teaching in Schools. Accessed 20 February 2014. www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldselect/ldsctech/257/25706.htm#a12
   Google Scholar
• Mercer, N, and K. Littleton. 2007. Dialogue and the Development of Children’s Thinking: A Sociocultural Approach. Abingdon: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Millar, R. 2004. The Role of Practical Work in the Teaching and Learning of Science. Paper prepared for the Committee: High School Science Laboratories: Role and Vision, National Academy of Sciences. Washington DC. York: University of York. Accessed 28 May 2014. archive.informalscience.org/researches/Robin_Millar_Final_Paper.pdf.
   Google Scholar
• Moeed, A. 2011. “Successful Science Learning from Practical Work.” School Science Review 93 (343): 121–126.
   Google Scholar
• Mortimer, E., and P. Scott. 2003. Meaning Making in Secondary Science Classrooms. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Murray, I., and M. Reiss. 2005. “The Student Review of the Science Curriculum.” School Science Review 87 (318): 83–93.
   Google Scholar
• Roth, W. 1994. “Experimenting in a Constructivist High School Physics Laboratory.” Journal of Research in Science Teaching 31 (2): 197–223.10.1002/(ISSN)1098-2736
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tiberghien, A. 2000. “Designing Teaching Situations in the Secondary School.” In Improving Science Education: The Contribution of Research, edited by R. Millar, J. Leach and J. Osborne, 27–47. Buckingham, UK: Open University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Tudge, J. 1989. “When Collaboration Leads to Regression: Some Negative Consequences of Socio-Cognitive Conflict.” European Journal of Social Psychology 19 (2): 123–138.10.1002/(ISSN)1099-0992
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• UNESCO. 1973. New Unesco Source Book for Science Teaching. 3rd ed. Paris: Unesco.
   Google Scholar
• White, R. 1991. “Episodes, and the Purpose and Conduct of Practical Work.” In Practical Science, edited by B. Woolnough, 78–86. Buckingham: Open University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Woolnough, B., ed. 1991. Practical Science. Buckingham: Open University Press. (Introduction and Conclusion)
   Google Scholar