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Zhang, Ying – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2016
This article reports the results of an ethnographic research about the multimodal science discourse in a sixth-grade sheltered classroom involving English Language Learners (ELLs) only. Drawing from the perspective of multimodality, this study examines how science learning is constructed in science lectures through multiple semiotic resources,…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Ethnography
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Quellmalz, Edys S.; Timms, Michael J.; Silberglitt, Matt D.; Buckley, Barbara C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
This article reports on the collaboration of six states to study how simulation-based science assessments can become transformative components of multi-level, balanced state science assessment systems. The project studied the psychometric quality, feasibility, and utility of simulation-based science assessments designed to serve formative purposes…
Descriptors: State Programs, Educational Assessment, Simulated Environment, Grade 6
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Khishfe, Rola – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This study investigated the development in students' nature of science (NOS) views in the context of an explicit inquiry-oriented instructional approach. Participants were 18 seventh-grade students who were taught by a teacher with "appropriate" knowledge about NOS. The intervention spanned about 3 months. During this time, students were engaged…
Descriptors: Intervention, Form Classes (Languages), Scientific Principles, Grade 7