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Blevins, Kathryn – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this basic qualitative research study was to identify the extent to which kindergarten teachers understand and implement inquiry-based instruction in their science classrooms. This study was conducted in response to the indication that traditional didactic teaching methods were not enough to adequately prepare American students to…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Knowledge Level, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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
Rasmussen, Ashley B. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study utilized a semi-structured interview approach to identify how college methods professors in Nebraska are engaging pre-service K-12 teachers with the Next Generation Science Standards and to determine if this information is being carried over to Nebraska K-12 classrooms. The study attempted to address these items by answering the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Educators
Allen, Jared R. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this study was to explain middle school teachers' decisions for planning a science unit of instruction (reflection on action) and their decisions when enacting this planned unit (reflection in action) using the new teacher professional knowledge and skill (TPK&S) model as a guiding framework. In addition, this study specifically…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Middle School Teachers, Science Instruction, Knowledge Level
Reynoso, Elsa – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This three article dissertation focuses on the teachers' perceptions regarding STEM education. Article 1 consists of a literature review that includes an overview of the type of STEM education that takes place at the secondary level. The review explores what the literature says about after-school STEM programs, diverse students and their…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, STEM Education, Literature Reviews, Secondary Education
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
Malhan, Jyoti – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This research study was conducted as a qualitative case study of four successful science teachers of female students in a diverse, title 1, urban, public girls' school. The study was designed to hear the 'muted' voices of successful science teachers concerning their beliefs and practices when they effectively provide learning opportunities for…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Single Sex Schools, Females, Urban Schools
Orado, Grace N. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Because of cultural and linguistic influences on science learning involving students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, calls have been made for teachers to enact teaching that is sensitive to these students' backgrounds. However, most of the research involving such students has tended to focus on students at elementary grade levels…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Science Education, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries
Nicholas, Catherine Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2014
High school students are generally uninformed about the benefits of enrolling in a full sequence of science courses, therefore only about a third of our nation's high school graduates have completed the science sequence of Biology, Chemistry and Physics. The lack of students completing a full sequence of science courses contributes to the deficit…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, High School Students
Feille, Kelly Kathleen – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This research investigates the professional life histories of upper elementary science teachers who were identified as effective both within the classroom and in the outdoor learning environment (OLE). The narratives of five teachers collected through semi-structured and open-ended interviews provided the data for the study. Professional life…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Science Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Science Instruction
Ryker, Katherine Dameron Almquist – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The incorporation of reformed, inquiry-based pedagogies in introductory courses has been shown to improve content knowledge, student retention, interest and attitudes towards science. However, there is evidence that suggests these techniques are not being widely used by the geoscience community. This research focuses on the incorporation of…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Geology, Earth Science, Science Laboratories
Gonzalez, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Latin@ math and science students represent a resilient, determined, and encouraging group of high achievers. This qualitative study presents the narratives of 10 Latin@ science and math teacher candidates currently attending Hispanic-Serving Institutions in California. Semi structured, in-depth interviews were conducted, where participants shared…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction
Reynolds, Bradley Robert – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The impact of transformational leadership, experiential learning, and reflective journaling on the conservation ethic of non-science majors in a general education survey course was investigated. The main research questions were: (1) Is the Conservation of Biodiversity professor a transformational leader? (2) Is there a difference in the…
Descriptors: Transformational Leadership, Experiential Learning, Reflection, Student Journals
Naah, Basil M. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Students who harbor misconceptions often find chemistry difficult to understand. To improve teaching about the dissolving process, first semester introductory chemistry students were asked to complete a free-response questionnaire on writing balanced equations for dissolving ionic compounds in water. To corroborate errors and misconceptions…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Chemistry, Equations (Mathematics), Misconceptions
Chaumklang, Kawin – ProQuest LLC, 2013
During the past two decades, the student-centered approach has been widely promoted and accepted by the educational community as one of the most effective instructional approaches. It has been continually developed and revised to match our current understanding of how humans learn (American Psychological Association, 1997). It is based upon the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Scientific Concepts, Case Studies
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