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The Globalization of Science Education
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DeBoer, George E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
Standards-based science education, with its emphasis on monitoring and accountability, is rapidly becoming a key part of the globalization of science education. Standards-based testing within countries is increasingly being used to determine the effectiveness of a country's educational system, and international testing programs such as Programme…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Testing, Global Approach, Educational Change
Using Propositions from Clinical Interviews as Variables to Compare Student Knowledge.
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Finley, Fred N. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1984
Describes a technique that can be used to construct variables from clinical interviews that can be used in quantitative analyses. The technique involves the representation of each proposition a student uses in terms of a standard set of underlying predicates, concepts, and relationships among concepts. (JN)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Interviews, Knowledge Level, Research Methodology
Verbal Explanations Given by Science Teachers: Their Nature and Implications.
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Dagher, Zoubeida; Cossman, George – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Explores the nature of explanations used by 20 middle school science teachers utilizing the constant comparative analysis method in analyzing transcripts of classroom discourse. Discusses a subsuming categorical framework for the 10 types of explanations generated, along with examples of each type, namely: analogical, anthropomorphic, functional,…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis