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Direct linkHaskel-Ittah, Michal; Duncan, Ravit Golan; Vázquez-Ben, Lucia; Yarden, Anat – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2020
Mechanisms are central in scientific explanations. However, developing mechanistic explanations is difficult for students especially in domains in which mechanisms involve abstract components and functions, such as genetics. One of the core components of genetic mechanisms are proteins and their functions. Students struggle to reason about the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 7, Secondary School Science, Genetics
Lederman, Judith; Lederman, Norman; Bartels, Selina; Jimenez, Juan; Akubo, Mark; Aly, Shereen; Bao, Chengcheng; Blanquet, Estelle; Blonder, Ron; Bologna Soares de Andrade, Mariana; Buntting, Catherine; Cakir, Mustafa; EL-Deghaidy, Heba; ElZorkani, Ahmed; Gaigher, Estelle; Guo, Shuchen; Hakanen, Arvi; Hamed Al-Lal, Soraya; Han-Tosunoglu, Cigdem; Hattingh, Annemarie; Hume, Anne; Irez, Serhat; Kay, Gillian; Kivilcan Dogan, Ozgur; Kremer, Kerstin; Kuo, Pi-Chu; Lavonen, Jari; Lin, Shu-Fen; Liu, Cheng; Liu, Enshan; Liu, Shiang-Yao; Lv, Bin; Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel; McDonald, Christine; Neumann, Irene; Pan, Yaozhen; Picholle, Eric; Rivero García, Ana; Rundgren, Carl-Johan; Santibáñez-Gómez, David; Saunders, Kathy; Schwartz, Renee; Voitle, Frauke; von Gyllenpalm, Jakob; Wei, Fangbing; Wishart, Jocelyn; Wu, Zhifeng; Xiao, Huang; Yalaki, Yalcin; Zhou, Qiaoxue – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Although understandings of scientific inquiry (as opposed to conducting inquiry) are included in science education reform documents around the world, little is known about what students have learned about inquiry during their elementary school years. This is partially due to the lack of any assessment instrument to measure understandings about…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Middle School Students, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Großschedl, Jörg; Welter, Virginia; Harms, Ute – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is highly important for effective design and implementation of school teaching. Thus, the current status, development and efficacy of this knowledge, its relationships with teaching quality parameters, and its impact on students' learning processes and success, require rigorous examination. Thoroughly…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Biology, Preservice Teachers
Chao, Jie; Xie, Charles; Nourian, Saeid; Chen, Guanhua; Bailey, Siobhan; Goldstein, Molly H.; Purzer, Senay; Adams, Robin S.; Tutwiler, M. Shane – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
Many pedagogical innovations aim to integrate engineering design and science learning. However, students frequently show little attempt or have difficulties in connecting their design projects with the underlying science. Drawing upon the Cultural-Historical Activity Theory, we argue that the design tools available in a learning environment…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Engineering Education, Integrated Activities, Design
Tiberghien, Andrée; Cross, David; Sensevy, Gérard – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2014
This paper deals with the joint construction of knowledge by the teacher and the students in a physics classroom. It is focused on the status of epistemic certainty/uncertainty of knowledge. The same element of knowledge can be introduced as possible and thus uncertain and then evolve towards a status of epistemic certainty; the status of other…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Physics, Science Instruction, Epistemology
Archer, Louise; Dawson, Emily; DeWitt, Jennifer; Seakins, Amy; Wong, Billy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2015
This paper sets out an argument and approach for moving beyond a primarily arts-based conceptualization of cultural capital, as has been the tendency within Bourdieusian approaches to date. We advance the notion that, in contemporary society, scientific forms of cultural and social capital can command a high symbolic and exchange value. Our…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Capital, Social Capital, Science and Society
Osborne, Jonathan; Simon, Shirley; Christodoulou, Andri; Howell-Richardson, Christina; Richardson, Katherine – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
This article reports the outcomes of a project in which teachers' sought to develop their ability to use instructional practices associated with argumentation in the teaching of science--in particular, the use of more dialogic approach based on small group work and the consideration of ideas, evidence, and argument. The project worked with four…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Teachers
Hasson, Eilat; Yarden, Anat – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
Inquiry is essentially a process in which research questions are asked and an attempt is made to find the answers. However, the formulation of operational research questions of the sort used in authentic scientific inquiry is not a trivial task. Here, we set out to explore the possible influence of separating the research question from the…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Discovery Learning, Research Methodology, Science Laboratories
Plummer, Julia D.; Krajcik, Joseph – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
Prior research has demonstrated that neither children nor adults hold a scientific understanding of the big ideas of astronomy, as described in standards documents for science education [National Research Council [1996]. National science education standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press; American Association for the Advancement of…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Motion, Scientific Literacy, Science Education
Wilson, Christopher D.; Taylor, Joseph A.; Kowalski, Susan M.; Carlson, Janet – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
We conducted a laboratory-based randomized control study to examine the effectiveness of inquiry-based instruction. We also disaggregated the data by student demographic variables to examine if inquiry can provide equitable opportunities to learn. Fifty-eight students aged 14-16 years old were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Both groups of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Active Learning, Inquiry
Schwarz, Christina V.; Reiser, Brian J.; Davis, Elizabeth A.; Kenyon, Lisa; Acher, Andres; Fortus, David; Shwartz, Yael; Hug, Barbara; Krajcik, Joe – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
Modeling is a core practice in science and a central part of scientific literacy. We present theoretical and empirical motivation for a learning progression for scientific modeling that aims to make the practice accessible and meaningful for learners. We define scientific modeling as including the elements of the practice (constructing, using,…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Grade 6, Models, Science Instruction
Peer reviewedWasik, John L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1971
Presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a study designed to compare the cognitive performance of students from a new curricula (PSSC) and from traditional (non-PSSC) curricula. Results essentially supported contention that PSSC materials were more effective in developing higher cognitive skills. (DS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Evaluation, Knowledge Level
Peer reviewedHoch, Loren L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1971
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes, Biology, Evaluation
Peer reviewedAnderson, O. Roger; Callaway, J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1986
An empirical analysis of the relationship between science reasoning skills and the amount of information acquired during science learning as predicted by a neuromathematical model of information processing is presented. Subjects were 93 adolescents (mean age of 15.4 years old) with a IQ range of 91-142. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedFortner, Rosanne W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1985
Assessed knowledge and attitude changes resulting from home viewing of a Cousteau Society documentary on marine mammals and compares these changes with those resulting from a science teacher's presentation on the documentary's script. Results show increased and retainable knowledge and temporary change in attitudes among ninth-grade students.…
Descriptors: Animals, Documentaries, Junior High Schools, Knowledge Level
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