Robin Millar

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• 2012

  Rethinking science education: meeting the challenge of ‘science for all’

  Millar, R., Jun 2012, In: School Science Review. 93, 345, p. 21-30 10 p.

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• Starting from outcomes: Using assessment to drive improvement in practice

  Millar, R., Feb 2012, In: Education in Science. 246, p. 6-7 2 p.

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• The York science project: embedding assessment for learning

  Millar, R. & Whitehouse, M., Nov 2012, In: Education in Science Extra (EiSXTRA). p. 1-3 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2011

  Reviewing the National Curriculum for science: Opportunities and challenges

  Millar, R., Jun 2011, In: Curriculum Journal . 22, 2, p. 167-185 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2010

  Increasing participation in science beyond GCSE: The impact of Twenty First Century Science

  Millar, R., 2010, In: School Science Review. 91, 337, p. 67-73 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2009

  Practical work: Making it more effective

  Millar, R. & Abrahams, I., 2009, In: School Science Review. 91, 334, p. 59-64 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Teaching for understanding of science in context: Evidence from the pilot trials of the Twenty First Century Science courses

  Ratcliffe, M. & Millar, R., Oct 2009, In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 46, 8, p. 945-959 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2008

  Does Practical Work Really Work? A study of the effectiveness of practical work as a teaching and learning method in school science

  Abrahams, I. & Millar, R., 17 Nov 2008, In: International Journal of Science Education. 30, 14, p. 1945-1969 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Research and practice in science education: A response to Traianou and Hammersley

  Millar, R., Leach, J., Osborne, J. & Ratcliffe, M., Aug 2008, In: Oxford Review of Education. 34, 4, p. 483-488 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Taking scientific literacy seriously as a curriculum aim

  Millar, R., Dec 2008, In: Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching. 9, 2, p. 1-18 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2007

  Twenty First Century Science: Principles and practice

  Millar, R., 2007, In: Journal of Research in Science Education. 47, 3, p. 42-48 7 p.

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• 2006

  Twenty first century science: Insights from the design and implementation of a scientific literacy approach in school science

  Millar, R., 27 Oct 2006, In: International Journal of Science Education. 28, 13, p. 1499-1521 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Upper high school students' understanding of electromagnetism

  Saglam, M. & Millar, R., 2006, In: International Journal of Science Education. 28, 5, p. 543-566 24 p.

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• 2005

  Evidence-based practice in science education: The researcher-user interface

  Ratcliffe, M., Bartholomew, H., Hames, V., Hind, A., Leach, J., Millar, R. & Osborne, J., 2005, In: Research Papers in Education. 20, 2, p. 169-186 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 2004

  Reasoning from data: How students collect and interpret data in science investigations

  Kanari, Z. & Millar, R., Sept 2004, In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 41, 7, p. 748-769 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2003

  What 'ideas-about-science' should be taught in school science? A Delphi study of the 'expert' community

  Osborne, J., Ratcliffe, M., Millar, R., Duschl, R. & Collins, S., 2003, In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 40, 7, p. 692-720 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2002

  EPSE Project 1: Using diagnostic assessment to improve science teaching and learning

  Millar, R. & Hames, V., 2002, In: School Science review. 84, 307, p. 21-24 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The nature of science education research

  Millar, R., Bartholomew, H., Ratcliffe, M., Hames, V., Leach, J. & Osborne, J., 2002, In: School Science Review. 84, 207, p. 35-41 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Towards evidence-based practice in science education

  Millar, R., 2002, In: School Science review. 84, 307, p. 19-20 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 2001

  An analysis of labwork tasks used in science teaching at upper secondary school and university levels in several European countries

  Tiberghien, A., Veillard, L., Le Maréchal, J. F., Buty, C. & Millar, R., Aug 2001, In: Science Education. 85, 5, p. 483-508 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2000

  Epistemological understanding in science learning: The consistency of representations across contexts

  Leach, J., Millar, R., Ryder, J. & Sere, M. G., Dec 2000, In: Learning and Instruction. 10, 6, p. 497-527 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Meeting the challenge of change

  Millar, R. & Osborne, J., 2000, In: Studies in Science Education. 35, 1, p. 190-197 8 p.

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• Students' reasoning about basic chemical thermodynamics and chemical bonding: What changes occur during a context-based post-16 chemistry course?

  Barker, V. & Millar, R., Nov 2000, In: International Journal of Science Education. 22, 11, p. 1171-1200 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 1997

  A study of progression in learning about 'the nature of science': Issues of conceptualisation and methodology

  Leach, J., Driver, R., Millar, R. & Scott, P., Feb 1997, In: International Journal of Science Education. 19, 2, p. 147-166 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 1996

  Children's ideas about the reliability of experimental data

  Lubben, F. & Millar, R., 1996, In: International Journal of Science Education. 18, 8, p. 955-968 34 p.

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• Learning the scientific 'story': A case study in the teaching and learning of elementary thermodynamics

  Arnold, M. & Millar, R., 1996, In: Science Education. 80, 3, p. 249-281 34 p.

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• School students' understanding of processes involving radioactive substances and ionizing radiation

  Millar, R. & Gill, J. S., 1996, In: Physics Education. 31, 1, p. 27-33 7 p.

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• Towards a science curriculum for public understanding

  Millar, R., 1996, In: School Science Review. 77, 280, p. 7-18 12 p.

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• 1994

  Children's and lay adults' views about thermal equilibrium

  Arnold, M. & Millar, R., 1994, In: International Journal of Science Education. 16, 4, p. 405-419 15 p.

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• Investigating in the school science laboratory: Conceptual and procedural knowledge and their influence on performance

  Millar, R., Lubben, F., Gott, R. & Duggan, S., 1994, In: Research Papers in Education. 9, 2, p. 207-249 43 p.

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• School students' understanding of key ideas about radioactivity and ionizing radiation

  Millar, R., 1994, In: Public understanding of science. 3, 1, p. 53-70 18 p.

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• Science - the Salters' approach: A case study of the process of large-scale curriculum development

  Campbell, B., Lazonby, J., Millar, R., Nicolson, P., Ramsden, J. M. & Waddington, D., Sept 1994, In: Science Education. 78, 5, p. 415-447 33 p.

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• 1993

  Students' understanding of voltage in simple parallel electric circuits

  Millar, R. & Beh, K. L., 1993, In: International Journal of Science Education. 15, 4, p. 351-361 11 p.

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• Students understanding of voltage in simple series electrical circuits

  Millar, R. & King, T., 1993, In: International Journal of Science Education. 15, 3, p. 339-349 11 p.

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• 1991

  Why is science hard to learn?

  Millar, R., 1991, In: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. 7, p. 66-74 9 p.

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• 1990

  Teaching about radioactivity and ionizing radiation: An alternative approach

  Millar, R., Klaassen, K. & Eijkelhof, H., 1990, In: Physics Education. 25, 6, p. 338-342 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 1989

  Constructive criticisms

  Millar, R., 1989, In: International Journal of Science Education. 11, 5, p. 587-596 10 p.

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• 1988

  Public understanding of science: From contents to processes

  Millar, R. & Wynne, B., 1988, In: International Journal of Science Education. 10, 4, p. 388-398 11 p.

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• Reading about Chernobyl: the public understanding of radiation and radioactivity

  Eijkelhof, H. & Millar, R., 1988, In: School Science review. 70, 251, p. 35-41 7 p.

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• Teaching physics as a non-specialist: The in-service training of science teachers

  Millar, R., 1988, In: Journal of Education for Teaching. 14, 1, p. 39-53 15 p.

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• 1987

  Being constructive: An alternative approach to the teaching of introductory ideas in electricity

  Arnold, M. & Millar, R., 1987, In: International Journal of Science Education. 9, 5, p. 553-563 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Beyond processes

  Millar, R. & Driver, R., 1987, In: Studies in Science Education. 14, p. 33-62 30 p.

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• Towards a role for experiment in the science teaching laboratory

  Millar, R., 1987, In: Studies in Science Education. 14, p. 109-118 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 1985

  Training the mind: Continuity and change in the rhetoric of school science

  Millar, R., 1985, In: Journal of Curriculum Studies. 17, 4, p. 369-382 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 1981

  Curriculum rhetoric and social control: A perspective on recent science curiculum development

  Millar, R., 1981, In: European Journal of Science Education. 3, p. 271-284 14 p.

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• Science curriculum and social control: A comparison of some recent sciemce curriculum proposals in the United Kingdom and the Federal Republic of Germany

  Millar, R., 1981, In: Comparative Education. 17, p. 23-46 24 p.

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