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Xiulin Kuang; Tessa H. S. Eysink; Ton de Jong – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
This study investigated the effects of presenting domain information (basic information about the domain) either together with or instead of offering exploratory practice (an exploratory opportunity in a simulation-based representation of the learning domain) prior to inquiry learning for facilitating students' hypothesis generation and subsequent…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Active Learning, Inquiry, Hypothesis Testing
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Chulkyu Park; Seonyeong Mun; Hun-Gi Hong – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
The purpose of this case study, informed by a Lakatosian perspective, is to identify how an alternative conception that originates in present learning but is related directly to subsequent learning contexts can be constructed. Before the study, one of the authors found by accident that a student who had learned about Avogadro's principle and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Knowledge Level, Scientific Concepts, Fuels
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Khishfe, Rola – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
The study investigated the influence of a connected learning approach for explicit nature of science (NOS) instruction and explicit argumentation instruction, in comparison with a non-connected approach, on students' NOS conceptions and argumentation skills. Participants comprised 42 students enrolled in two sections of grade 10 that were randomly…
Descriptors: Students, Grade 10, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
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Castro-Faix, Moraima; Duncan, Ravit Golan; Choi, Jinnie – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021
Learning progressions are theoretical models that describe learning of scientific ideas and practices over time. These hypothetical progressions need to be tested and refined in order to productively inform instruction and assessment. In this paper, we report our attempts to revise a learning progression in genetics. In particular, we focused on…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Genetics
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Chen, Ying-Chih; Techawitthayachinda, Ratrapee – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021
Science teachers usually view students' uncertainty as a barrier to overcome, a negative experience to be avoided, a deficiency in need of remedy. Building on the theory of deep learning in science as a generative and sensemaking process, the purpose of this design-based study is to identify tactics for teachers to manage their students' epistemic…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Epistemology, Ambiguity (Context)
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Tytler, Russell; Prain, Vaughan; Aranda, George; Ferguson, Joseph; Gorur, Radhika – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2020
Despite mixed results in research on student learning from drawing in science, there is growing interest in the potential for this visual mode, in tandem with other modes, to enact and enable student reasoning in this subject. Building on current research in this field, and using a micro-ethnographic approach informed by socio-semiotic…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Thinking Skills, Freehand Drawing, Science Instruction
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Kaldaras, Leonora; Akaeze, Hope; Krajcik, Joseph – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021
The Framework for K-12 science education (The "Framework") and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) emphasize the usefulness of learning progressions in helping align curriculum, instruction, and assessment to organize the learning process. The "Framework" defines three dimensions of science as the basis of theoretical…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Science, Science Education, Academic Standards
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Gunckel, Kristin L.; Covitt, Beth A.; Berkowitz, Alan R.; Caplan, Bess; Moore, John C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2022
Nearly a decade ago, the "Framework for K-12 Science Education" argued for the need to intertwine science and engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, and crosscutting concepts in performance expectations. However, there are few empirical examples for how intertwining three dimensions facilitates learning. In this study, we used a…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Science Instruction, Engineering Education, Learning Processes
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Breslyn, Wayne; McGinnis, J. Randy; McDonald, R. Christopher; Hestness, Emily – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2016
We present research from an investigation on developing a learning progression (LP) for sea level rise (SLR), a major effect of global climate change. We began our research by drafting a hypothetical LP for sea level rise, informed by extant knowledge of the topic in the scientific community, in science education literature, and in science…
Descriptors: Climate, Science Education, Middle School Students, Undergraduate Students
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Wiener, Gerfried J.; Schmeling, Sascha M.; Hopf, Martin – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2018
This article presents a study that examined an innovative short-term program (two sessions of 3 hr each) for the professional development of teachers. The program design is based on the technique of probing acceptance, which is aimed at investigating student learning processes. It relies on students' evaluation, paraphrasing, and adaptation of…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development
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Schneider, Barbara; Krajcik, Joseph; Lavonen, Jari; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Broda, Michael; Spicer, Justina; Bruner, Justin; Moeller, Julia; Linnansaari, Janna; Juuti, Kalle; Viljaranta, Jaana – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2016
This study explores how often students are engaged in their science classes and their affective states during these times, using an innovative methodology that records these experiences "in situ". Sampling a subset of high schools in the U.S. and Finland, we collected over 7,000 momentary responses from 344 students over the course of a…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, High School Students
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Schwendimann, Beat A.; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2016
Concept map activities often lack a subsequent revision step that facilitates knowledge integration. This study compares two collaborative critique activities using a Knowledge Integration Map (KIM), a form of concept map. Four classes of high school biology students (n?=?81) using an online inquiry-based learning unit on evolution were assigned…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Evolution, Science Education, Cooperative Learning
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Jin, Hui; Shin, HyoJeong; Johnson, Michele E.; Kim, JinHo; Anderson, Charles W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2015
This study developed learning progression-based measures of science teachers' content knowledge (CK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). The measures focus on an important topic in secondary science curriculum using scientific reasoning (i.e., tracing matter, tracing energy, and connecting scales) to explain plants gaining weight and…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Learning Processes, Science Process Skills
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Martin, Andrew J.; Durksen, Tracy L.; Williamson, Derek; Kiss, Julia; Ginns, Paul – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2016
Informal learning settings such as museums have been identified as opportunities to enhance students' knowledge and motivation in science and to optimize the connection between science and everyday life. The present study assessed the role of a self-paced science education program (situated in a medical science museum) in enhancing students'…
Descriptors: Role, Museums, Science Education, Learning Motivation
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Sampson, Victor; Blanchard, Margaret R. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
Current research indicates that student engagement in scientific argumentation can foster a better understanding of the concepts and the processes of science. Yet opportunities for students to participate in authentic argumentation inside the science classroom are rare. There also is little known about science teachers' understandings of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Persuasive Discourse, Student Participation
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