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Model-based Science Instruction

Model-Based Science Instruction is an instructional approach in science education that engages students in constructing, using, and refining scientific models to explain phenomena, thereby distinguishing it from other pedagogical methods by its focus on model-based reasoning as central to learning and inquiry.

382

Publications

25.5K

Citations

736

Authors

333

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

117

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Publications

382

Models for Understanding

Richard E. Mayer · Review of Educational Research · 1989 · 668 citations

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Toward a modeling theory of physics instruction

David Hestenes · American Journal of Physics · 1987 · 576 citations

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Thinking Like a Wolf, a Sheep, or a Firefly: Learning Biology Through Constructing and Testing Computational Theories—An Embodied Modeling Approach

Uri Wilensky, Kenneth Reisman · Cognition and Instruction · 2006 · 561 citations

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A typology of school science models

Allan G. Harrison, David F. Treagust · International Journal of Science Education · 2000 · 557 citations

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The strategy of model-based science

Peter Godfrey‐Smith · Biology & Philosophy · 2006 · 543 citations

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Authors

736

  1. RJ
    Rosária Justi

    Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

    10 publications · 1.5K citations

    10

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  2. LZ
    Laura Zangori

    University of Missouri, United States

    10 publications · 553 citations

    10

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  3. CV
    Christina V. Schwarz

    Michigan State University, United States

    10 publications · 1.1K citations

    10

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  4. CT
    Cory T. Forbes

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    9 publications · 378 citations

    10

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  5. JV
    Jan van Driel

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    8 publications · 869 citations

    8

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Institutions

333

  1. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    17 h-index

    27 publications

    1.7K citations

  2. University of Missouri

    Columbia, United States

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    10 h-index

    14 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    646 citations

  5. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Freie Universität Berlin

    Berlin, Germany

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    562 citations

  7. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Belo Horizonte, Brazil

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    669 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    880 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Science Education

    IJSE · 52 publications · 6.6K citations

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  2. Journal of Research in Science Teaching

    JRST · 22 publications · 1.6K citations

    20

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  3. Science Education

    21 publications · 2.6K citations

    19

    h-index

  4. Research in Science Education

    15 publications · 567 citations

    14

    h-index

  5. Science & Education

    11 publications · 895 citations

    12

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