Research in Science Education - Past, Present, and FutureAuthor: Helga Behrendt, Helmut Dahncke, Reinders Duit, Wolfgang Gräber, Michael Komorek, Angela Kross, Priit Reiska Published by Springer Netherlands ISBN: 978-0-7923-6755-0 DOI: 10.1007/0-306-47639-8Table of Contents:Science Education Researchers and Research in Transition: Issues and Policies Research in Science Education in Europe: Retrospect and Prospect Science Content as Problematic - Issues for Research Science Education Versus Science in the Academy: Questions - Discussion - Perspectives The Assessment of Scientific Literacy in the OECD/PISA Project Scientific Literacy: From Theory to Practice Making Formative Use of a National Summative Assessment Regime A Comparison of STS-teaching and Traditional Physics Lessons - On the Correlation of Physics Knowledge and Taking Action On the Quantum Thinking of Physics Undergraduates Experiences with a Modern Course in Quantum Physics Learning Process Studies in the Field of Fractals Students’ Understandings of their Internal Structure as Revealed by Drawings Personal Context and Continuity of Human Thought; Recurrent Themes in a Longitudinal Study of Pupils’ Understanding of Scientific Phenomena Entities of the World and Causality in Children’s Thinking Using Media Reports of Science Research in Pupils’ Evaluation of Evidence Pupils’ Perceptions of Science Education at Primary and Secondary School Teacher Professionalism and Change: Developing a Professional Self Through Reflective Assessment Formative Assessment Using Concept Cartoons: Initial Teacher Training in the UK Teaching Chemical Equilibrium in Australian and German Senior High Schools The Ideas of Spanish Primary Teachers on how to Develop an Understanding of Processes in Science and their Support in Textbooks, Includes bibliographical references and index