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Masomeh Mahzoon-Hagheghi; Faye Bruun – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of scripted biology curriculum as a means of providing students with the information required to increase content knowledge, while comparing curriculum developed by the teacher that utilizesthe Understanding by Design (UbD) framework (Wiggins & McTighe, 2005). The study used a mixed…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Biology, Science Instruction
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McKinley-Hicks, Megan – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2020
This paper highlights an investigation of how middle school students responded to a theatre performance designed to portray science as a humanistic and relatable endeavour that youth -- similar to the youth in the audience -- engage in during their everyday lives. The play included in this study was generated as a part of a design research project…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Middle School Students, Theater Arts, Cooperation
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Knight, Victoria F.; Collins, Belva; Spriggs, Amy D.; Sartini, Emily; MacDonald, Margaret Janey – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
Both scripted lessons and unscripted task analyzed lessons have been used effectively to teach science content to students with intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder. This study evaluated the efficacy, efficiency, and teacher preference of scripted and unscripted task analyzed lesson plans from an elementary science curriculum…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intellectual Disability