Mary O’Donnell, Thomas McCloughlin and Cliona Murphy explore three common NoS misconceptions and ideas for dispelling them.

Further Reading
Teaching the Nature of Science; Three Critical Questions by Randy L. Bell. National Geographic. www.ngspscience.com/profdev/Monographs/SCL22-0449A_SCI_AM_Bell_lores.pdf

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Abd-El-Khalick, F. and Lederman, N. G. (2023) Research on teaching, learning, and assessment of nature of science, In Handbook of Research on Science Education, ed. Lederman, N. G., Zeidler, D. L. and Lederman, J. S. Vol. III, pp. 850–898. Routledge.

Akerson, V. L., Buzzelli, C. A. and Donnelly, L. A. (2008) Early childhood teachers’ views of nature of science: the influence of intellectual levels, cultural values, and explicit reflective teaching. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 45(6), 748–770.

Allchin, D., Møller Andersen, H. and Nielsen, K. (2014) Complementary approaches to teaching nature of science: integrating student inquiry, historical cases, and contemporary cases in classroom practice. Science Education (Salem, Mass.), 98(3), 461–486. https://shipseducation.net/tnos/library/Allchin-Andersen-Nielsen-ComplementaryNOS.pdf

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Lederman, N. G. (2007) Nature of science: past, present, and future. In Handbook of Research on Science Education, ed. Abell, S. K., Appleton, K. and Hanuscin, D. 1st edn. pp. 831–879. Focal Press.

Lederman, N. G., Abd-El-Khalick, F., Bell, R. L. and Schwartz, R. S. (2002) Views of nature of science questionnaire: toward valid and meaningful assessment of learners’ conceptions of nature of science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 39(6), 497–521.

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