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Rogers, Paul Daughtrey – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This mixed-method study represents a broad evaluation of the physics views of Mississippi physics students and physicists, along with an analysis of graduate school data, in a search for answers which might improve physics education in Mississippi. Descriptive statistics were calculated using data from eight graduate degree programs (from Fall…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Physics, Science Instruction, Scientists
Vondruska, Judy A. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Over the past decade, peer instruction and the introduction of student response systems has provided a means of improving student engagement and achievement in large-lecture settings. While the nature of the student discourse occurring during peer instruction is less understood, existing studies have shown student ideas about the subject,…
Descriptors: Interaction, Peer Teaching, Introductory Courses, Physics
Anderson, Emma Jane – ProQuest LLC, 2017
For nearly one hundred years, from progressive education to critical pedagogy, philosophers, researchers, and educators have advocated for listening, respecting, and providing space for the learner's voice within education. When teaching challenging science content, it is vital to provide both a context for the knowledge and a reason for learning…
Descriptors: Art Education, Science Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Workshops
Murphy, Danny R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Teachers' beliefs shape their daily instruction and the materials presented to students. The personal views of educators are especially relevant when socioscientific issues are involved. Preservice and novice teachers' mastery of the nature of science (NOS) and personal beliefs in and out of the classroom influence their worldviews and classroom…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Concept Formation
Gradias, Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In 2013, California became one of the first states to adopt the rigorous Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). However, the current state of science instruction does not support the conceptual shifts of the NGSS, which call for consistent science instruction K-12, increased inquiry, subject integration, as well as science instruction that…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Educational Practices, Active Learning, Student Projects
Lewis, Felecia J. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The nature and purpose of this study was to examine the self-efficacy of teachers who use an inquiry-based science program to provide authentic experiences within the elementary school setting. It is essential to explore necessary improvements to bring about effective science education. Using a mixed methods study, the researcher conducted…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Teacher Effectiveness, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Wu, Chenglin – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Current education reform in both the United States and China promotes a reformed inquiry-based approach based on the constructivist learning theory. This study contributes to the research literature by exploring the relationship between reformed science teaching and students' creativity. Chinese education is often criticized for a lack of…
Descriptors: Creativity, Middle School Students, Mixed Methods Research, Semi Structured Interviews
Jackson, Luke M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This mixed method study was aimed at examining the influence of dual processing (Type 1 and Type 2 thinking) on the development of high school students' nature of science (NOS) views. Type 1 thinking is intuitive, experiential, and heuristic. Type 2 thinking is rational, analytical, and explicit. Three research questions were asked: (1) Do the…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, High School Students, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction
Davidson, Yonaton Sahar – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Recent research supports the benefit of students' construction of relevance through writing about the connection of content to their life. However, most such research defines relevance narrowly as utility value--perceived instrumentality of the content to the student's career goals. Furthermore, the scope of phenomenological and conceptual…
Descriptors: Biology, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction, Phenomenology
Price, Elizabeth Lamond – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) call upon K-12 science teachers to provide authentic science and engineering practices which deepen understanding of core ideas and crosscutting concepts (NGSS Lead States, 2013). Probeware technology provides exposure to these scientific practices; however, there is a disconnect between the frequency…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Middle School Students, Outcomes of Education, Case Studies
Sahingoz, Selcuk – ProQuest LLC, 2017
One of the most important goals of science education is preparing effective science teachers which includes the development of a science pedagogical orientation. Helping in-service science teachers improve their orientations toward science teaching begins with identifying their current orientations. While there are many aspects of an effective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness
Iverson, Ellen A. Roscoe – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to understand the factors that support the adoption of active learning teaching strategies in undergraduate courses by faculty members, specifically in the STEM disciplines related to geoscience. The focus of the study centered on the context of the department which was identified as a gap in evaluation and…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Active Learning, Science Instruction, Earth Science
Parrish, Jennifer C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Developing K-12 science teachers' understandings of nature of science (NOS) and scientific inquiry (SI) continues to be a major goal of science education reform. There is consensus among science teacher educators that developing students' NOS and SI understandings is vital to the development of a scientifically literate citizenry. However, two…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Educational Change
Fleshman, Robin Earle – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This case study seeks to explore three research questions: (1) What science teaching and learning processes, perspectives, and cultures exist within the science classroom of an urban portfolio community high school? (2) In what ways does the portfolio-based approach prepare high school students of color for college level science coursework,…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Science Tests, Science Instruction, College Readiness
Lewis, Amy D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The development of scientifically literate citizens begins in the elementary school. Yet elementary school teachers are ill prepared to teach science (Trygstad, Smith, Banilower, Nelson, & Horizon Research, Inc., 2013). The research base on teacher preparation finds that programs designed to prepare elementary teachers are inadequate in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mixed Methods Research
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