The August issue (Volume 7, Number 4) of International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education has been published. This issue contains 9 articles:

• INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN ANALOGY ACTIVITY IN IMPROVING STUDENTS’ CONCEPTUAL CHANGE FOR SOLUTION CHEMISTRY CONCEPTS, by Muammer Çalik, Alipaşa Ayas and Richard K. Coll
• INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES AND GROUP WORK IN THE US INCLUSIVE HIGH SCHOOL CO-TAUGHT SCIENCE CLASS, by Laura J. Moin, Kathleen Magiera and Naomi Zigmond
• DESIGNING AND EVALUATING RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCES FOR INTRODUCING MAGNETIC FIELDS, by Jenaro Guisasola, Jose Manuel Almudi, Mikel Ceberio and Jose Luis Zubimendi
• ENGINEERING IN CHILDREN’S FICTION – NOT A GOOD STORY? by Allyson Holbrook, Lisa Panozza and Elena Prieto
• RELATIONS BETWEEN TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND MATHEMATICS AT RESEARCH-INTENSIVE UNIVERSITIES, by Lene Møller Madsen and Carl Winsløw
• GEOMETRIC AND ALGEBRAIC APPROACHES IN THE CONCEPT OF “LIMIT” AND THE IMPACT OF THE “DIDACTIC CONTRACT”, by Iliada Elia, Athanasios Gagatsis, Areti Panaoura, Theodosis Zachariades and Fotini Zoulinaki
• IDENTIFYING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS’ MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT STATISTICAL CORRELATION, AND THEIR POSSIBLE CAUSES: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY USING CONCEPT MAPPING WITH INTERVIEWS, by Tzu-Chien Liu, Yi-Chun Lin and Chin-Chung Tsai
• PROMOTING EFFECTIVE SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION AND SCIENCE TEACHING: A FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHER DECISION-MAKING, by Michael P. Clough, Craig A. Berg and Joanne K. Olson
• VARIABLE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG DIFFERENT SCIENCE LEARNERS IN ELEMENTARY SCIENCE-METHODS COURSES, by Robert E. Bleicher and Joan S. Lindgren