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Airey, John; Linder, Cedric – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
In this theoretical article we use an interpretative study with physics undergraduates to exemplify a proposed characterization of student learning in university science in terms of fluency in disciplinary discourse. Drawing on ideas from a number of different sources in the literature, we characterize what we call disciplinary discourse as the…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Discipline, Written Language, Physics
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Brown, Mary H.; Schwartz, Renee S. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
The biological processes of photosynthesis and plant cellular respiration include multiple biochemical steps, occur simultaneously within plant cells, and share common molecular components. Yet, learners often compartmentalize functions and specialization of cell organelles relevant to these two processes, without considering the interconnections…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Form Classes (Languages), Botany, Biology
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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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Chin, Christine – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
The purpose of this study was to find out how teachers use questions in classroom discourse to scaffold student thinking and help students construct scientific knowledge. The study was conducted in large-class settings where the medium of instruction was English although the students were non-native speakers of the language. Six teachers teaching…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Teaching Methods, Semantics, Classrooms
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Howe, Ann C.; Vasu, Ellen S. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Examines the effect of verbalization on the formation and retention of mental images in children in kindergarten, first, and fifth grades. Reports no self-generated verbalization effect with gender or ability level and no retention effect. (Author)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Science, Imagery, Language
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Strube, Paul – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Examines science textbook language and determines some characteristics of them: distant authorial voice, concern for precision, limited context, limited syntax, and rhetorical model. Suggests three further researcher needs. (YP)
Descriptors: Language Skills, Physics, Science Curriculum, Science Materials
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Khishfe, Rola; Lederman, Norman – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2006
This study investigated the influence of two different explicit instructional approaches in promoting more informed understandings of nature of science (NOS) among students. Participants, a total of 42 students, comprised two groups in two intact sections of ninth grade. Participants in the two groups were taught environmental science by their…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Grade 9, Teaching Methods, Scientific Principles