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Issues of The Science Education Review (SER) feature a section titled Your Questions Answered, where responses are provided to questions submitted by subscribers. Please find such a question below (author anonymous), which I am sharing broadly via this message and possible appearance on the SER website.

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This mechanism facilitates further interaction between readers and the content of SER, thus also strengthening the relevance of our journal to you. Sharing our experiences and advice in such a way can only be to the betterment of science education more broadly.

Top Research Need

What do you suggest is the most important science education matter in need of research?

Bonus

Thank-you to David Stern (http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/Sstern.htm) for alerting us to the following three collections of answered questions: (1) astronomy, physics, and spaceflight (http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/StarFSubj.htm), (2) the Earth's magnetism (http://www.phy6.org/earthmag/mgQsubj.htm), and (3) the Earth's magnetic environment in space (http://www.phy6.org/Education/FAQsubj.html).

Sincerely

Dr Peter H. Eastwell
Editor, The Science Education Review

www.ScienceEducationReview.com