Scientific Reasoning in Science Education: From Global Measures to Fine-Grained Descriptions of Students’ Competencies

• Other Authors: Krell, Moritz (Editor), Vorholzer, Andreas (Editor), Nehring, Andreas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Humanities; Education; scientific reasoning; primary education; individual differences; cognition; assessment; item features; item difficulty; abductive reasoning; models; modeling; model construction; model application; modeling competence; scientific inquiry; science education; chemistry; teacher education; argumentation; reasoning; justifications; socioscientific issues; societally denied science; controversial science issues; science communication; nature of science; preservice teachers; longitudinal study; cross-lagged panel; explanations; drawings; earthquakes; modelling competence; chemical education; epistemic cognition; science discussions; Quality Talk; professional knowledge; scientific reasoning skills; self-efficacy; students' difficulties; diagnostic competencies; anomalous data; balance of nature metaphor; science teacher education; pre-service teachers; person-centered statistical analyses; latent class analysis; biological reasoning; three-tiered assessment; Assessment of Biological Reasoning; data reasoning; statistics education; numerical cognition; cognitive development; number sense; n/a; models and modeling; philosophy of science
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This book is a reprint of the Special Issue "Scientific Reasoning in Science Education: From Global Measures to Fine-Grained Descriptions of Students' Competencies" published in the journal Education Sciences. It compiles all manuscripts of the special issue.