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Enugu, Ramya; Hokayem, Hayat – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2017
This study examined the challenges that pre-service teachers faced when implementing inquiry and their perspective on how to overcome them. The data sample was 55 pre-service teachers (PSTs) enrolled into two sections of a science methods course in a private university in North Texas. The data sources consisted of inquiry-based lesson plans, PST…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Program Implementation, Inquiry, Teaching Models
Lisowski, Marylin – 1987
Designed to examine the nature of ideas that students hold about specific scientific concepts and to investigate modes of instruction that would effectively help them gain an accurate understanding of their world, this study focused on students' conceptions of ecological concepts and the influence of field instruction strategies on students'…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Ecology, Experiential Learning, Field Instruction
McGinnis, J. Randy – 1992
This study qualitatively investigates the taboo and "noa" topics of Science-Technology-Society (STS) taught in two local cultures. Taboos are beliefs that constrain behavior by making those behaviors perceived as threatening by the members of the social group forbidden and improper for discussion. "Noa" is the Polynesian word…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Structures, Constructivism (Learning), Cultural Context