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Daniel A. Martens Yaverbaum – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study investigated evidence of how students' mental models of fundamental kinematic relations evolved (i.e., developed cognitively over time) as observed during an introductory course in calculus-based classical mechanics. The core of the curriculum is based on a claim known as Galileo's principle of relativity. The course material comprised…
Descriptors: Schemata (Cognition), Motion, Physics, Science Education
Kassab, Dima – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this mixed-method study is to determine the effect of integrating Engineering design on high school students' scientific reasoning and science achievement. Thirteen eleventh-grade students participated in this eight-week long study. The intervention engaged students in the Engineering design of a functional Dialysis model. Students…
Descriptors: High School Students, Engineering, Design, Science Process Skills
Jason Ward – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The subject of chemistry is a cornerstone of high school science programs and a conceptual understanding of chemical equilibria and Le Chatelier's Principle continues to be both a fundamental and paradoxically difficult subject for educators and students. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a prototype immersive virtual reality environment.…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Intervention, Chemistry, Science Education
Kilts, Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Competency levels around scientific literacy for high school students in the United States are insufficient for students' future ability to be competent consumers and voters. The purpose of this action research study was to explore how students were being exposed to scientific literacy concepts in high school science courses in the United States.…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Teaching Methods, High School Students, Action Research
Hamilton Ford, Ellen – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Modern global society is complex and interconnected with infinite limitations and increasing competition for resources. Increasingly, people are aware of the impact of modern lifestyle choices on the sustainability of the planet. Sustainability is a growing focus of many world leaders, politicians, and educators. Many societal leaders agree that…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Private Schools, Foreign Countries, Ecology
Radloff, Jeffrey – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Achieving widespread scientific literacy has been a longstanding goal of US science standards, requiring that students and teachers possess contemporary nature of science (NOS) conceptions. However, NOS conceptions are repeatedly found to be wide-ranging or 'naive', resulting in regular efforts by science education researchers to hone, or…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Literacy
Kerstiens, Geri Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Recently, there have been many calls for an increase in instruction on the nature of science (NOS) in schools (i.e. NRC, 1996; NGSS Lead States, 2013). These calls recognize the importance of this topic at all levels of science education, but there is little guidance in terms of how to address it effectively in curricula. Similarly, there have…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Science Laboratories
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
Engelman, Jonathan – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Changing student conceptions in physics is a difficult process and has been a topic of research for many years. The purpose of this study was to understand what prompted students to change or not change their incorrect conceptions of Newtons Second or Third Laws in response to an intervention, Interactive Video Vignettes (IVVs), designed to…
Descriptors: College Students, Scientific Literacy, Scientific Principles, Scientific Concepts
Yang, Yang – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Systematic studies on effectiveness of in-service teacher professional development (PD) are important for science education research and practice. Previous studies mostly focus on one certain aspect of the entire program, for example, effectiveness of PD on improvement of teachers' knowledge or students' learning outcomes. This study, however,…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Science Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Faculty Development
Li, Jing – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Electricity and magnetism are important topics in physics. Research shows that students have many common difficulties in understanding concepts related to electricity and magnetism. However, research to improve students' understanding of electricity and magnetism is limited compared to introductory mechanics. This thesis explores issues…
Descriptors: Energy, Magnets, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Cohen, Edward Charles – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Design based research was utilized to investigate how students use a greenhouse effect simulation in order to derive best learning practices. During this process, students recognized the authentic scientific process involving computer simulations. The simulation used is embedded within an inquiry-based technology-mediated science curriculum known…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Computer Simulation, Video Technology
Winrich, Charles – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The School of Education and the Department of Physics at Boston University offer a sequence of 10 two-credit professional development courses through the Improving the Teaching of Physics (ITOP) project. The ITOP courses combine physics content, readings from the physics education research (PER) literature, and the conceptual history of physics…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science History, Science Teachers
Sanders-White, Pamela – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of structured note-taking compared to traditional note-taking on the acquisition of scientific knowledge for students with and without learning disabilities (LD) and students with reading difficulties (RD). An additional purpose was to examine whether the two note-taking methods…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Pretests Posttests, Science Instruction, Scientific Attitudes
Maron, Marta Katarzyna – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation is a combination of two research areas, experimental physical chemistry, Chapters I to V, and chemical education, Chapters VI to VII. Chapters I to V describe research on the water-mediated chemistry of oxidized atmospheric molecules and the impact that water has on the spectra of these environmental systems. The role of water…
Descriptors: Investigations, Organic Chemistry, Program Effectiveness, Misconceptions
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