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Direct linkDawson, Vaille; Venville, Grady – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2013
The purpose of this research was to determine whether teaching argumentation to high school biology students improved their argumentation skills, informal reasoning, and genetics understanding. Using a quasi-experiment with mixed methods of data collection, five teachers participated in professional learning on argumentation and socioscientific…
Descriptors: High School Students, Biology, Science Instruction, Persuasive Discourse
McDonald, Christine V.; Heck, Deborah – Teaching Science, 2012
The implementation of the Australian Curriculum: Science across the compulsory years of schooling (F-10) in most Australian states this year, requires science teachers to address the teaching of scientific argumentation in their classrooms. To attend to this challenge, we conducted an argumentation professional development program with practicing…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Teaching Experience, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
Palmer, David – Science Education, 2011
Low teacher self-efficacy is an important factor constraining the teaching of science at the elementary level. This study was designed to investigate the effectiveness of particular sources of efficacy information for enhancing the science teaching self-efficacy of practicing elementary teachers. Twelve teachers participated in an intervention…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Intervention, Self Efficacy, Science Instruction
