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David Stroupe; Enrique Suárez; Déana Scipio – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
Scientists and science educators have argued that learners (students, preservice teachers, and inservice teachers) should understand knowledge construction in science, in addition to figuring out disciplinary core ideas. Given this goal, some science education scholars created a construct called the "Nature of Science" (NOS), which aims…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Justice, Scientific Principles, Science Education
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Britney L. Jones – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
Science education policies and standards have called for educators to teach students about the Nature of Science (NOS) and engage them in Culturally Relevant Science Teaching (CRST), which requires critical shifts away from traditional science teaching. As such, teachers are being asked to possess or take up conceptions of science that challenge…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Principles, Science Education
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Fouad Abd-El-Khalick; Ryan Summers; Jeanne L. Brunner; Jeremy Belarmino; John Myers – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
We report on the development of a rubric to reliably qualify and score responses to the "Views of Nature of Science Questionnaire" (VNOS): The "VNOS Analysis and Scoring Rubric" (VAScoR). The "VAScoR" is designed to (a) provide systematic guidance for the qualitative analysis, and score assignment to nuanced…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Questionnaires, Scientific Principles, Scoring Rubrics