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Training Final Year Students in Data Presentation Skills with an Iterative Report-Feedback Cycle
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Verkade, Heather – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
Although practical laboratory activities are often considered the linchpin of science education, asking students to produce many large practical reports can be problematic. Practical reports require diverse skills, and therefore do not focus the students' attention on any one skill where specific skills need to be enhanced. They are also…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Skill Development, College Seniors, Research Reports
Inquiry and Groups: Student Interactions in Cooperative Inquiry-Based Science
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Woods-McConney, Amanda; Wosnitza, Marold; Sturrock, Keryn L. – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
Science education research has recommended cooperative inquiry based science in the primary science context for more than two decades but after more than 20 years, student achievement in science has not substantially improved. This study, through direct observation and analysis, investigated content-related student interactions in an authentic…
Descriptors: Science Education, Elementary School Science, Primary Education, Inquiry
Teaching Primary Science in Rural and Regional Australia: Some Challenges Facing Practicing and Pre-Service Teachers
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Laidlaw, Kristy-Rebecca; Taylor, Neil; Fletcher, Peter – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2009
The teaching of science has long been viewed as problematic within primary classrooms across Australia. This study explores the teaching of primary science in an area of rural and regional Australia (the New England Region of New South Wales) where small populations, remote settings and isolation can make the teaching of science and other Key…
Descriptors: Interviews, Rural Areas, Educational Opportunities, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Student Task Involvement and Achievement in Process-Oriented Science Activities.
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Tobin, Kenneth – Science Education, 1986
Students from 15 intact classes in grades 6 and 7 (N=142) from suburban schools in Perth, Australia, were used to investigate their time on task and achievement in process-oriented lessons. One finding noted is a positive relationship between achievement and student reasoning ability and engagement in planning and collecting tasks. (JN)
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Process Education
Teacher Management and Student Engagement in High School Science.
Gallagher, James J.; Tobin, Kenneth – 1985
Activities and interactions of teachers and students from high school science classes of Western Australia were investigated. Fifteen teachers from two co-educational high schools (private and public) serving medium socio-economic level families in the metropolitan area of Perth participated in the study. The specific foci were: (1) the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Activities, Learning Strategies, Rewards
Annual Science Education Conference (9th, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, September 23, 1983).
Western Australia Science Education Association. – 1983
This proceedings contains the texts of 14 science education research studies which were presented at the 1983 Western Australia Science Education Conference. They include: "Students' Understanding of Chemical Equilibrium: A Report of Research in Progress" (Patrick J. Garnett, Mark W. Hackling); "Measuring the Learning Environment in…
Descriptors: Chemical Equilibrium, Classroom Environment, Computer Science Education, Conservation (Concept)