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Henderson, Charles; Beach, Andrea; Finkelstein, Noah – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
This article reviews current scholarship about how to promote change in instructional practices used in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses. The review is based on 191 conceptual and empirical journal articles published between 1995 and 2008. Four broad categories of change strategies were developed to…
Descriptors: Journal Articles, Longitudinal Studies, STEM Education, Undergraduate Study
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Songer, Nancy Butler; Kelcey, Ben; Gotwals, Amelia Wenk – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
In order to compete in a global economy, students are going to need resources and curricula focusing on critical thinking and reasoning in science. Despite awareness for the need for complex reasoning, American students perform poorly relative to peers on international standardized tests measuring complex thinking in science. Research focusing on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Standardized Tests, Global Approach, Biodiversity
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Lopes, J. Bernardino; Silva, Antonio Alberto; Cravino, Jose P.; Costa, Nilza; Marques, Luis; Campos, Carlos – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This study is a meta-interpretative analysis that focuses on research conducted and published by other researchers. Concepts central to this study include global practical relevance, curriculum design, and formative situation. We analyzed 35 studies selected from 374 published studies in the years 2000 and 2001 in three journals referenced in the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Meta Analysis, Data Interpretation, Teacher Education Programs
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Sadler, Troy D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
Socioscientific issues encompass social dilemmas with conceptual or technological links to science. The process of resolving these issues is best characterized by informal reasoning which describes the generation and evaluation of positions in response to complex situations. This article presents a critical review of research related to informal…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Education, Science and Society, Persuasive Discourse
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Rogan, John; Aldous, Colleen – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
Planned educational change occurs regularly throughout the world. With the enormous political change the 1994 elections brought to South Africa, a complete change in education policies was called for. The new Curriculum 2005 (C2005; Department of Education, RSA, [1997]) embraced new teaching and learning approaches such as outcomes-based education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Politics of Education, Outcome Based Education
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O'Neill, D. Kevin; Polman, Joseph L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
In recent years, a number of curriculum reform projects have championed the notion of having students do science in ways that move beyond hands-on work with authentic materials and methods, or developing a conceptual grasp of current theories. These reformers have argued that students should come to an understanding of science through doing the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Scientists, Investigations, Educational Change