David F. Treagust

21.5k citations
311 papers · 13.9k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 62
Topics
Science Education and Pedagogy (195 papers)Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (88 papers)Education and Critical Thinking Development (56 papers)
Journals
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaComputers & EducationAustralasian Journal of Paramedicine

In The Last Decade

David F. Treagust

295 papers receiving 12.0k citations

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Conceptual change: A powerful framework for improvin...19882026200020132003198820042003250500750

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David F. Treagust
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  • Education 11.8k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 5.9k
  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 2.0k
  • Social Psychology 1.4k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1.3k
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Making the Most of Out-of–School Visits: How Does the Teacher Prepare? Part I: Development of the Learner Integrated Field Trip Inventory (LIFTI)
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A case for enhancing environmental education programs in schools: Reflecting on primary school students’ knowledge and attitudes
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An Intervention Study Using Cognitive Conflict to Foster Conceptual Change
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Students' Conceptions about Energy and the Human Body.
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Teaching and learning with analogies : friend or foe
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A Predict-Observe-Explain Teaching Sequence for Learning about Students' Understanding of Heat and Expansion Liquids.
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Not understanding gravity limits students' comprehension of astronomy concepts
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Educational materials linking technology teaching with science education: Technology in life
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Comments on "The Acquisition of Propositional Logic and Formal Operational Schemata during the Secondary School Years.".
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About David F. Treagust

David F. Treagust is a scholar working on Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, having authored 311 papers that have together received 13.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Science Education and Pedagogy (195 papers), Educational Strategies and Epistemologies (88 papers) and Education and Critical Thinking Development (56 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Developmental and Educational Psychology (5.9k citations), Education (11.8k citations) and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry (2.0k citations). David F. Treagust has collaborated with scholars based in Australia, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Allan G. Harrison, Reinders Duit, Gail Chittleborough, A. L. Chandrasegaran, Grady Venville, Thapelo L. Mamiala, Mauro Mocerino, Richard K. Coll, Chi‐Yan Tsui and Raymond Peterson. Their work appears in journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers & Education and Australasian Journal of Paramedicine.

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