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Kristen Appling Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2024
High school science teachers are a unique subset of teachers with distinctive PD needs in content, pedagogy, and technology, yet there is scant research about PD from the perspective of secondary science teachers. This qualitative research study used narrative research methods with grounded theory to explore how a group of seven high school…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Science Instruction, Faculty Development
Judith Cooper-Wagoner – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study examined the ways in which elementary science teachers notice, interpret and respond to students' sensemaking resources that students bring to school in the form of science toolkits. The science toolkits are comprised of three sensemaking resources: (1) ideas; (2) out-of-school experiences and funds of knowledge, and (3) youth genre.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Observation, Teacher Student Relationship
Christensen, Julia Alexander – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The "Framework for K-12 Science Education" and the Next Generation Science Standards have called on teachers to shift from having students "learn about" science topics to having students engage in a process of "figuring out" how and why natural phenomena occur. These reform documents push teachers away from a…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
Benjamin R. Lowell – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Science education is shifting from a vision of students memorizing facts towards engaging in figuring out the natural world as students build ideas from their own experiences and backgrounds. This shift is hard for teachers. One way to support teachers is curriculum-based professional development, which pairs high-quality instructional materials…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Science Teachers, Science Curriculum, Middle Schools
Brittney J. Morgan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In this dissertation I explore characteristics which influence the implementation of evidence-based instructional practices of six post-secondary chemistry instructors in Colorado who report current use of these practices. The purpose of this study was to identify these characteristics to recognize areas of focus for future professional…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Evidence Based Practice, Classroom Techniques
Straub, Miranda Christine Pihlaja – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Over the past half century, researchers and curriculum developers studying physics education have created dozens of innovative curricula and educational tools, broadly referred to as research-based instructional strategies (RBIS), to fit almost any classroom situation. However, the rate of adoption of RBIS remains relatively low. A national survey…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Beliefs, Homework
Lenna J. Black – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Literature in this field of English language learners (ELLs) in US public schools indicates that the needs of these adolescent ELLs are not being met due to a lack of language support and inaccessibility to content. This research examined the enactment of a curriculum with preservice teachers designed to address the specific needs of adolescent…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Observation Techniques, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs
Nelson, Adrienne Fleurette – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this mixed method research study was to examine the constructivist beliefs and instructional practices of secondary science teachers. The research also explored situations that impacted whether or not student centered instruction occurred. The study revealed science teachers held constructive beliefs pertaining to student…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Teaching Methods, Science Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship
Bussey, Thomas J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Biochemistry education relies heavily on students' ability to visualize abstract cellular and molecular processes, mechanisms, and components. As such, biochemistry educators often turn to external representations to provide tangible, working models from which students' internal representations (mental models) can be constructed, evaluated, and…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Yin, Xinying – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this collaborative action research was to understand how science educators can negotiate the tension between integrating formative assessment (FA) for students' learning and meeting the need for standardized summative assessment (testing) from a critical perspective. Using formative assessment in the era of accountability testing…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Accountability, Standardized Tests
Gupta, Preeti – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This dissertation investigates how teaching in a hands-on science center contributes to re/shaping one's teaching identity. Situated at the New York Hall of Science (NYHS) in Queens, New York, my research approach is to conduct a critical ethnography where the focus is on improving the teaching and learning of science for all involved. In…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Ethnography, Hands on Science, Museums