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Tytler, Russell; Prain, Vaughan; Aranda, George; Ferguson, Joseph; Gorur, Radhika – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2020
Despite mixed results in research on student learning from drawing in science, there is growing interest in the potential for this visual mode, in tandem with other modes, to enact and enable student reasoning in this subject. Building on current research in this field, and using a micro-ethnographic approach informed by socio-semiotic…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Thinking Skills, Freehand Drawing, Science Instruction
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Jin, Hui; Johnson, Michele E.; Shin, Hyo Jeong; Anderson, Charles W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
This study was conducted in a large-scale environmental literacy project. In the project, we developed a Learning Progression Framework (LPF) for matter and energy in social-ecological systems; the LPF contains four achievement levels. Based on the LPF, we designed a Plant Unit to help Levels 2 and 3 students advance to Level 4 of the LPF. In the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Ecology, Scientific Concepts, Learning Processes
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Davis, Pryce R.; Russ, Rosemary S. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2015
The fields of science education and science communication share the overarching goal of helping non-experts and non-members of the professional science community develop knowledge of the content and processes of scientific research. However, the specific audiences, methods, and aims employed in the two fields have evolved quite differently and as…
Descriptors: Science Education, Communication (Thought Transfer), Scientific Research, Audiences