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Direct linkSezen-Barrie, Asli; Stapleton, Mary K.; Marbach-Ad, Gili – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2020
This study explores the process of teacher scaffolding student engagement in epistemic tools from the critical sensemaking perspective. Epistemic tools are contextual artifacts manipulated to investigate and evaluate ideas to construct knowledge within the constraints of a disciplines' representational means. The main sources of our data are ~50…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Learner Engagement
Mupira, Pio; Ramnarain, Umesh – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2018
Due to apartheid policies, Black African learners in South Africa have been severely disadvantaged in school science. Despite policy changes to redress these historical imbalances, Black African learners continue to underperform in science. Previous research has identified motivation as a key factor that impacts performance. Achievement goal…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Disadvantaged Schools, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Besley, John C.; Dudo, Anthony; Storksdieck, Martin – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2015
This study assesses how scientists think about science communication training based on the argument that such training represents an important tool in improving the quality of interactions between scientists and the public. It specifically focuses on training related to five goals, including views about training to make science messages…
Descriptors: Scientists, Behavior Theories, Goal Orientation, Regression (Statistics)
