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Rayendra Wahyu Bachtiar; Ralph F. G. Meulenbroeks; Wouter R. Joolingen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
Previous studies have documented the promising results from student-constructed representations, including stop-motion animation (SMA), in supporting mechanistic reasoning (MR), which is considered an essential thinking skill in science education. Our current study presents theoretically and empirically how student-constructed SMA contributes to…
Descriptors: Animation, Thinking Skills, Science Education, Skill Development
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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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Assaraf, Orit Ben-Zvi; Orion, Nir – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
The current study deals with the development of system thinking skills at the junior high school level. The sample population included about 50 eighth-grade students from two different classes of an urban Israeli junior high school who studied an earth systems-based curriculum that focused on the hydro cycle. The study addressed the following…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Skill Development, Junior High School Students, Grade 8