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Direct linkvan Garderen, Delinda; Hanuscin, Deborah; Thomas, Cathy Newman; Stormont, Melissa; Lee, Eun J. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2017
Students with disabilities often struggle in science and underperform in this important content area when compared to their typical peers. Unfortunately, many special educators have had little preparation to develop science content knowledge or skills in methods for teaching science. Despite their lack of content knowledge, special educators are…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science Achievement, Teaching Skills, Science Instruction
Leong, Noby – Teaching Science, 2014
Noby Leong is a PhD student in Chemistry at University of Adelaide working on the design of new drug delivery systems for medical applications. He's also a science communicator, part of the volunteer blogging community at RiAus and curator of his own blog "The Other Side of Science." In this article Noby shares the highs and lows that…
Descriptors: Drug Education, Molecular Biology, Molecular Structure, Physical Sciences
Download full textFoy, Pierre, Ed.; Arora, Alka, Ed.; Stanco, Gabrielle M., Ed. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2013
This supplement contains documentation on all the derived variables contained in the TIMSS 2011 data files that are based on background questionnaire variables. These variables were used to report background data in the TIMSS 2011 International Results in Mathematics and TIMSS 2011 International Results in Science reports, and are made available…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Guides, Guidelines, International Education
Conderman, Greg; Woods, C. Sheldon – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2008
In light of the importance science plays in people's lives and society, it is perplexing to observe the minimal attention given to science instruction--especially in the elementary grades. Though some information presented here is not new, the authors' intent is to stimulate a dialogue about effective elementary science instruction by offering a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Educational Opportunities, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Colorado Department of Education, 2006
This standards review is the second in a series of annual reviews of the Colorado Model Content Standards. Its purpose is to identify student performance over time on measures of existing science standards, identify ways to affirm and strengthen standards and more clearly articulate the practices used by Colorado schools to promote student…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Science Education, Annual Reports, Standard Setting
Koszalka, Tiffany A.; Grabowski, Barbara L.; Kim, Younghoon – 2001
Problem-based learning (PBL) has great potential for inspiring K-12 learning. KaAMS, a NASA funded project and an example of PBL, was designed to help teachers inspire middle school students to learn science. The students participate as scientists investigating environmental problems using NASA airborne remote sensing data. Two PBL modules were…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design, Instructional Development
