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Direct linkLonghurst, Max L.; Jones, Suzanne H.; Campbell, Todd – Teacher Development, 2017
Understanding factors that impact teacher implementation of learning from professional development is critical in order to maximize the educational and financial investment in teacher professional learning. This multi-case qualitative investigation elucidates factors that influence the appropriation of instructional tools associated with…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Social Theories, Communities of Practice, Technology Uses in Education
Download full textKaraca, Melek; Armagan, Fulya Öner; Bektas, Oktay – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The science teaching program in Turkey is restated with the effect of constructivist approach and science textbooks are prepared in accordance with this new program. Furthermore, reflective diaries using many techniques have started to be used in the teaching process. Reflective diaries have also started to be used in science education. The basic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Journals, Reflection, Grade 8
Sengupta, Pratim; Krinks, Kara D.; Clark, Douglas B. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2015
How does deep conceptual change occur when students play well-designed educational games? To answer this question, we present a case study in the form of a microgenetic analysis of a student's processes of knowledge construction as he played a conceptually-integrated digital game (SURGE Next) designed to support learning about Newtonian mechanics.…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Physics, Science Instruction, Technology Uses in Education
Bacanak, Ahmet – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the views of science and technology teachers about the effects of 6th, 7th and 8th grade science and technology courses on students' entrepreneurship skills. In the study, phenomenographic method was used and data were collected through a semi-structured interview method with 8 questions. 5 science and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Science Teachers
Arce, Josefina; Bodner, George M.; Hutchinson, Kelly – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2014
Open-ended interviews were used to study differences in Grade 7-8 teachers' beliefs about exemplary classroom practices produced by exposure to in-service professional development programs based on different theoretical frameworks. Teachers who had participated in an intensive, inquiry-based, in-service professional development program that…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Faculty Development, Science Teachers
Arce, Josefina; Bodner, George M.; Hutchinson, Kelly – Online Submission, 2014
Open-ended interviews were used to study differences in Grade 7-8 teachers' beliefs about exemplary classroom practices produced by exposure to in-service professional development programs based on different theoretical frameworks. Teachers who had participated in an intensive, inquiry-based, in-service professional development program that…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Faculty Development, Science Teachers
Ünal, Suat; Costu, Bayram – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2005
The aim of this study is to investigate grade-eight students' conceptions of sinking and floating. Firstly, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 students to determine students' difficulties and to develop a multiple-choice diagnostic test. In designing the content of the interview questions, grade-eight science curriculum, research on…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Grade 8, Semi Structured Interviews, Multiple Choice Tests
