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Summary: This article describes a lesson that challenges high school chemistry students' prior understanding of theories, laws, and hypotheses in the context of learning about gas laws and kinetic molecular theory (KMT).
Research
Jain, Jasmine, and Johan Luaran. "Conceptualisation of Scientific Theory-Law Relationship among Pre-service Teachers with Different Academic Abilities in Science." Asian Journal of University Education 16, no. 3 (2020): 208-219.
doi: 10.24191/ajue.v16i3.10275.
Summary: This study focused on the understanding of the nature of science, specifically the relationship between scientific theories and laws, among first-year pre-service teachers. The findings suggest that the participants still conceptualize science knowledge as an objective epistemology, with no differences among participants of different academic science abilities.