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Sath, Hajra – Primary Science, 2018
Although science is a core subject, educators at Uphall Primary School have found in recent times pupils do not display the same enthusiasm for science as they do for other subjects. In order to raise the pupils' science capital and generate an eagerness among the pupils to experiment, learn and develop their curiosity about the world around them,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Video Technology, Computer Mediated Communication, Science Process Skills
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Goodnough, Karen; Murphy, Elizabeth – Issues in Educational Research, 2017
This study reports on the professional learning of two teachers of science who were learning to engage their grade four students in meaningful, hands-on learning. Teachers' learning took place in the context of a 10-month university-based action research program designed to help improve the practice of science, technology, engineering and…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Experiential Learning, Science Instruction, Action Research
Kajiura, Lovaye; Smit, Julie; Montpetit, Colin; Kelly, Tamara; Waugh, Jennifer; Rawle, Fiona; Clark, Julie; Neumann, Melody; French, Michelle – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2014
The Ontario Consortium of Undergraduate Biology Educators (oCUBE) brings together over 50 biology educators from 18 Ontario universities with the common goal to improve the biology undergraduate experience for both students and educators. This goal is achieved through an innovative mix of highly interactive face-to-face meetings, online…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biology, Science Instruction, Science Teachers
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Lewthwaite, Brian; Wiebe, Rick – Research in Science Education, 2011
This paper reports on the initial outcomes from the end of the fourth year of a 5 year research and professional development project to improve chemistry teaching among three cohorts of chemistry teachers in Manitoba, Canada. The project responds to a new curriculum introduction advocating a tetrahedral orientation (Mahaffy, "Journal of…
Descriptors: Models, Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis
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Rivard, Leonard P.; Cormier, Marianne; Turnbull, Miles – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2012
This article proposes strategies and practices that create rich discursive spaces for learning science in French immersion contexts. These strategies and practices are drawn from a variety of scholarly sources; here we adapt them to reading in the French immersion science classroom. The strategies and practices are designed for use in a…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Science Teachers, Preservice Teachers, French
Dyck, Brenda A. – National Middle School Association (NJ3), 2007
"Physicists have shown that subatomic particles behave as if 'there were some communication between them' even when they are 'too far apart to communicate in the time available.' These so called particles, widely separated in time and space, seem to be connected in ways that make them act less like isolated individuals and more like…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Scientific Concepts, Teacher Collaboration
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Pedretti, Erminia; Hodson, Derek – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995
Outlines arguments for action research approaches to the implementation of STS education. Presents six teachers' initial views and changing perceptions throughout the duration of an action research project in terms of four categories: nature of STS education, development of curriculum materials, personal/professional development, and collaborative…
Descriptors: Action Research, Beliefs, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Martin, Michael O.; Mullis, Ina V. S.; Foy, Pierre; Stanco, Gabrielle M. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2012
For more than 50 years, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has been conducting comparative studies of educational achievement in a number of curriculum areas, including mathematics and science. TIMSS 2011 represents the fifth cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS),…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
McFadden, Charles P. – 1990
A survey of grade 7, 8 and 9 science teachers was conducted as part of a research program to determine the consequences for teaching and learning of the recent introduction of the SciencePlus program developed by the Atlantic Science Curriculum Project and the need for further curriculum and professional development. The survey explored some of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
McFadden, Charles P. – 1990
A survey of grade 7, 8 and 9 science teachers was conducted as part of a research program to determine the consequences for teaching and learning of the recent introduction of the SciencePlus Program developed by the Atlantic Science Curriculum Project and the need for further curriculum and professional development. The survey explored some of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
Phelps, Julia; Reynolds, Ross – 1998
The EuroMET (European Meteorological Education and Training) project was created to address the education and training needs of professional meteorologists and students in tertiary education throughout Europe and more widely. Two courses, each modular in format, have been developed for the World Wide Web. The courses have been evaluated at three…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Course Evaluation