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Becerra, Beatriz; Núñez, Paola; Vergara, Claudia; Santibáñez, David; Krüger, Dirk; Cofré, Hernán – Research in Science Education, 2023
Despite the importance of evolution to understand biology, there is significant evidence that many biology teachers have difficulties to successfully teach this topic. The purpose of this study is to describe procedures by which a paper-and-pencil instrument to assess teachers' pedagogical content knowledge for evolution (PCK[subscript evo]) was…
Descriptors: Evolution, Science Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Construct Validity
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White, Richard T.; Arzi, Hanna J. – Research in Science Education, 2005
Aiming to encourage longitudinal studies in science education, we clarify conceptual and methodological aspects of longitudinal research. We use the studies that other articles in this issue describe to illustrate these aspects. The illustrations range from attempts to promote long-term change through experimental teaching to investigations that…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Test Validity, Science Education, Research Methodology
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Scott, Rowena H.; Fisher, Darrell L. – Research in Science Education, 2004
An elementary version of the "Questionnaire on Teacher Interaction" (QTI) and a scale for determining students' "Enjoyment of their Science Lessons" (ENJ) were translated into Standard Malay. This process, together with its initial validation carried out in 136 classrooms with 3,104 students, is described in this paper.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indonesian Languages, Translation, Measures (Individuals)