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Playing with Fire? The Impact of the Hidden Curriculum in School Genetics on Essentialist Conceptions of Race
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Donovan, Brian M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2014
Race has been a longstanding topic in the biology textbook curriculum. Yet, there appears to be no research investigating whether the treatment of race in modern biology textbooks impacts how students conceptualize race. In the present study, a double-blind field experiment employing mixed-methods is used to investigate the impact of…
Descriptors: Hidden Curriculum, Genetics, Race, Racial Bias
A Comparison of Approaches to the Teaching and Learning of Science in Chinese and Australian Elementary Classrooms: Cultural and Socioeconomic Complexities
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Tao, Ying; Oliver, Mary; Venville, Grady – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
Set in the context of today's globalized approaches to curriculum reform, the purpose of this study was to compare the teaching and learning of science in Chinese and Australian Grade 6 classrooms. A conceptual framework based on notions of culture and socioeconomic status informed the research design. Case study participants were three teachers…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
The Writing on the Wall: Classroom Context, Curriculum Implementation, and Student Learning in Integrated, Community-Based Science Projects
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Venville, Grady; Sheffield, Rachel; Rennie, Leonie J.; Wallace, John – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
In this study we examined curriculum integration in new ways by exploring the link between classroom context, the implementation of community-based, integrated science projects, and the subsequent student learning. The literature is inconsistent regarding the benefits of an integrated approach to curriculum. The research design was a multiple case…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Context Effect, Ecology, Interdisciplinary Approach
Students' Mathematical Modeling of Motion
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Marshall, Jill A.; Carrejo, David J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
We present results of an investigation of university students' development of mathematical models of motion in a physical science course for preservice teachers and graduate students in science and mathematics education. Although some students were familiar with the standard concepts of position, velocity, and acceleration from physics classes,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Graduate Students, Mathematics Education, Mathematical Models
Context of Teaching and Learning School Science in Finland: Reflections on PISA 2006 Results
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Lavonen, Jari; Laaksonen, Seppo – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
Finnish students' opinions about the frequency of learning activities and communication in the Finnish science classroom, their interest in science and science studies and careers, their sense of self-efficacy, and their beliefs about their own competence as well as their performance in science are analyzed based on PISA 2006 Scientific Literacy…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Self Efficacy, Science Interests, Program Effectiveness
Supporting Inquiry Learning by Promoting Normative Understanding of Multivariable Causality
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Keselman, Alla – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2003
Early adolescents may lack the cognitive and metacognitive skills necessary for effective inquiry learning. In particular, they are likely to have a nonnormative mental model of multivariable causality in which effects of individual variables are neither additive nor consistent. Described here is a software-based intervention designed to…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Inferences, Metacognition, Cognitive Development