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Zhenjie Hou; Jie Zhang; May JadAllah; Araceli Enriquez-Andrade; Hien Thi Tran; Raju Ahmmed – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
Recently, there has been a surge of literature on the implementation of translanguaging pedagogy and practices in science education settings. By activating and validating learners' full communicative repertoire, translanguaging holds promise to build an inclusive science learning community where multilingual learners' ways of knowing are not only…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Native Language, Language Usage
Scott E. Grapin; Marisleydi Ramos Borrego; Vijay Gallardo Navarro – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
Research on translanguaging in science and engineering education has grown rapidly. Studies carried out across diverse contexts converge in their commitment to fostering equity in science and engineering learning for linguistically marginalized learners. However, the rapid growth of this research area has exposed different approaches to…
Descriptors: Science Education, Engineering Education, Code Switching (Language), Language Usage
Delen, Ibrahim; Sen, Sedat – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
Design-based learning (DBL) offers opportunities to support students' content understanding. Previous DBL studies reported different effect sizes by using the data from one participant group. The goal of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis that would give a comprehensive picture of how DBL is connected to student achievement in different…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Meta Analysis, Design
Kafai, Yasmin B.; Xin, Yue; Fields, Deborah; Tofel-Grehl, Colby – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2022
The pandemic outbreak of COVID-19 has highlighted an urgent need for infectious disease education for K-12 students. To gather a better understanding of what educational interventions have been conducted and to what effect, we performed a scoping review. We identified and examined 23 empirical researcher- and teacher-designed studies conducted in…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education
Ayodele Abosede Ogegbo; Umesh Ramnarain; Joseph Krajcik – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
Inquiry-Based Teaching Practice (IBTP) is an essential component of science education, and promoting its implementation is at the heart of various reform efforts. Even though science teachers regard IBTP as an essential pedagogical method, they rarely use it for various reasons. This study utilizes Bronfenbrenner's ecological framework to examine…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Inquiry
Duncan, Ravit Golan; Chinn, Clark A.; Barzilai, Sarit – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2018
Practices of generating, analyzing, and using evidence play a central role in the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the NGSS. However, the construct of evidence remains largely underspecified in these documents, providing insufficient guidance on how to engage students with the broad and complex nature of evidentiary reasoning. This creates…
Descriptors: Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evidence Based Practice, Standards
Wheeler, Lindsay B.; Navy, Shannon L.; Maeng, Jennifer L.; Whitworth, Brooke A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Recent education reforms including the "Next Generation Science Standards" emphasize integrating engineering into K-12 science instruction. Although prior studies have characterized engineering design (ED) in K-12 settings, no validated protocols attempt to characterize ED integration in secondary science classrooms. The present study…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Design, Science Instruction, Standards
Brown, Julie C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
Employing metasynthesis as a method, this study examined 52 empirical articles on culturally relevant and responsive science education in K-12 settings to determine the nature and scope of complementarity between culturally responsive and inquiry-based science practices (i.e., science and engineering practices identified in the National Research…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Synthesis, Culturally Relevant Education, Active Learning
Kloser, Matthew – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2014
The "Framework for K-12 Science Education" details ambitious goals for students' learning of science content and practices. However, this document provides science teachers little guidance about instructional practices that are central to helping students achieve these goals. Research indicates that a teacher's instructional…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Delphi Technique, Science Teachers
Gunckel, Kristin L.; Tolbert, Sara – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2018
The push for STEM has raised the visibility of engineering as a discipline that all students should learn. With the release of the "Framework for K-12 Science Education" and the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), engineering now has an official place in the science curriculum. In both the "Framework" and the NGSS,…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Science Instruction, Standards, Elementary Secondary Education
Duncan Seraphin, Kanesa; Harrison, George M.; Philippoff, Joanna; Brandon, Paul R.; Nguyen, Thanh Truc T.; Lawton, Brian E.; Vallin, Lisa M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
We present an inquiry-based, aquatic science professional development (PD) for upper-elementary, middle, and high school teachers and examine changes in student outcomes in light of participating teachers' characteristics and the grade band of the students. Our study lends support to the assertion that inquiry- and content-focused PD, paired with…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Outcomes of Education, Faculty Development, Active Learning
Minner, Daphne D.; Levy, Abigail Jurist; Century, Jeanne – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
The goal of the Inquiry Synthesis Project was to synthesize findings from research conducted between 1984 and 2002 to address the research question, "What is the impact of inquiry science instruction on K-12 student outcomes?" The timeframe of 1984 to 2002 was selected to continue a line of synthesis work last completed in 1983 by Bredderman…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness
Duncan, Ravit Golan; Rogat, Aaron D.; Yarden, Anat – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
Over the past several decades, there has been a tremendous growth in our understanding of genetic phenomena and the intricate and complicated mechanisms that mediate genetic effects. Given the complexity of content in modern genetics and the inadequacy of current instructional methods and materials it seems that a more coherent and extensive…
Descriptors: Genetics, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Teaching Methods
Khishfe, Rola – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This study investigated the development in students' nature of science (NOS) views in the context of an explicit inquiry-oriented instructional approach. Participants were 18 seventh-grade students who were taught by a teacher with "appropriate" knowledge about NOS. The intervention spanned about 3 months. During this time, students were engaged…
Descriptors: Intervention, Form Classes (Languages), Scientific Principles, Grade 7

Taconis, R.; Ferguson-Hessler, M. G. M.; Broekkamp, H. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2001
Performs analysis on a number of articles published between 1985 and 1995 describing experimental research into the effectiveness of a wide variety of teaching strategies for science problem solving. Identifies 22 articles describing 40 experiments that met standards for meta-analysis. Indicates that few of the independent variables were found to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Meta Analysis, Problem Solving, Science Instruction