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Bichara, David B.; Dagher, Zoubeida R.; Fang, Hui – Science & Education, 2022
Using the social media platform Twitter, this study explores public reference to "scientific method(s)" in tweets specifically pertaining to COVID-19 posted between January and June 2020. The study focuses on three research questions: When did reference to scientific methods peak, which aspects of nature of science (NOS) do these tweets…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication
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de Souza, Renata Torres Mattos P.; Kasseboehmer, Ana Cla´udia – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
This paper reports the development of a digital escape room for high school students using Genially, a web-based media platform. The escape room was used to aid understanding of basic concepts in chemistry and mostly enhance students' classes participation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The activity entitled "The thalidomide mystery"…
Descriptors: Science Education, Secondary School Science, Educational Games, High School Students
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Scogin, Stephen C.; Stuessy, Carol L. – Science Education, 2015
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) call for integrating knowledge and practice in learning experiences in K-12 science education. "PlantingScience" (PS), an ideal curriculum for use as an NGSS model, is a computer-mediated collaborative learning environment intertwining scientific inquiry, classroom instruction, and online…
Descriptors: Mentors, Electronic Learning, Inquiry, Learner Engagement
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Hong, Huang-Yao; Chai, Ching Sing; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2015
This study investigates whether engaging college students (n = 42) in a knowledge building environment would help them work as a community to construct their collective knowledge of history of science and, accordingly, develop a more informed scientific view. The study adopted mixed-method analyses and data mainly came from surveys and student…
Descriptors: College Students, Natural Sciences, Science Instruction, Communities of Practice
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Strang, Kenneth David – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: A quasi-experiment compared two instructional approaches for an existing MBA online business strategy course at an accredited university to answer the question: how can discussion questions become more effective in online MBA courses? The treatment was an instructional approach that integrated Socratic questioning and conversation theory…
Descriptors: Scientific Methodology, Online Courses, Interaction, Statistical Analysis
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Stahl, Gerry – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2006
The Virtual Math Teams Project is exploring how to create, structure, support, and assess an online chat-based collaborative community devoted to mathematics discourse. It is analyzing the forms of group cognition that emerge from the use of shared cognitive tools with specific functionalities. Centered on a case study of a synchronous online…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Virtual Classrooms, Mathematics Education, Case Studies