Research on Teaching and Learning of Nature of Science

Volumes have been written arguing why NOS is an important educational objective. Simply put, understanding NOS is often defended as being a critical component of scientifi c literacy (Lederman & Lederman, 2011; NGSS Lead States, 2013; NSTA, 1982). For more elaborated rationales, the reader is referred to Driver, Leach, Millar, and Scott (1996) and Lederman (2007).