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Brotman, Jennie S.; Mensah, Felicia Moore; Lesko, Nancy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
Sexual health is a controversial science topic that has received little attention in the field of science education, despite its direct relevance to students' lives and communities. Moreover, research from other fields indicates that a great deal remains to be learned about how to make school learning about sexual health influence the real-life…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Sexuality, Grade 12, Decision Making
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Finley, Fred N. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1984
Describes a technique that can be used to construct variables from clinical interviews that can be used in quantitative analyses. The technique involves the representation of each proposition a student uses in terms of a standard set of underlying predicates, concepts, and relationships among concepts. (JN)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Interviews, Knowledge Level, Research Methodology
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Strommen, Erik – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995
Interviewed first-grade children (n=40) about forests and living things found in them. Reports that children generally assigned most forest-dwellers to the forests, but also tended to assign almost all other animals, especially carnivores, to the forest as well. Results indicate a general lack of awareness of plant life, insects, water resources,…
Descriptors: Animals, Environmental Education, Grade 1, Interviews
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Kanari, Zoe; Millar, Robin – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
This study explored the understandings of data and measurement that school students draw upon, and the ways that they reason from data, when carrying out a practical science inquiry task. The two practical tasks used in the study each involved investigations of the relationships between two independent variables (IVs) and a dependent variable…
Descriptors: Science Education, Investigations, Error of Measurement, Mathematics Achievement
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Lawson, Anton E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1988
Reports on a study in which clinical interviews were conducted with three elementary school children to determine the extent to which they held naive misconceptions about important biological topics, and to determine agewise trends in the development of biological knowledge. (TW)
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
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Baker, Dale R.; Piburn, Michael D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1990
Discussed are the effects of a scientific literacy course on subsequent learning in a traditional biology course. Scientific literacy, Piagetian theory, schema theory, and metacognition as the framework for the development of the literacy course are discussed. (KR)
Descriptors: Biology, Developmental Stages, Interviews, Junior High Schools
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Finley, Fred N. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986
Examines the use of clinical interviews as a complement to more typical achievement tests. The research focused on the learning outcomes resulting from second grade students' viewing of television program on magnets. Results indicated that clinical interviews provided evidence of effective instruction when achievement tests did not. (ML)
Descriptors: Educational Television, Educational Testing, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science