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Direct linkDorfman, Bat-Shahar; Issachar, Hagit; Zion, Michal – Research in Science Education, 2020
Educational policy bodies worldwide have argued that practicing inquiry as a part of the K-12 curriculum would help prepare students for their lives as adults in today's world. This study investigated adults who graduated high school 9 years earlier with a major in biology, to determine how they perceive the inquiry project they experienced and…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Outcomes of Education, Biology, Adults
Ebenezer, Jazlin; Kaya, Osman Nafiz; Kassab, Dima – Research in Science Education, 2020
The purpose of this investigation was to qualitatively describe high school students' reasons for their science dispositions (attitude, perception, and self-confidence) based on their long-term experience with innovative technology-embedded environmental research projects. Students in small groups conducted research projects in and out of school…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Scientific Research
Olitsky, Stacy; Becker, Elizabeth A.; Jayo, Ignacio; Vinogradov, Philip; Montcalmo, Joseph – Research in Science Education, 2020
This study explores the implications of a redesign of a college course that entailed a new partnership between a college neuroscience classroom and a high school. In this course, the college students engaged in original research projects which included conducting brain surgery and behavioural tests on rats. They used digital storytelling and…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, High Schools, Story Telling, Computer Uses in Education
Fitzgerald, Michael; McKinnon, David H.; Danaia, Lena; Deehan, James – Research in Science Education, 2016
In this paper, we present the results from a study of the impact on students involved in a large-scale inquiry-based astronomical high school education intervention in Australia. Students in this intervention were led through an educational design allowing them to undertake an investigative approach to understanding the lifecycle of stars more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Science
Danaia, Lena; Fitzgerald, Michael; McKinnon, David – Research in Science Education, 2013
This paper presents comparative questionnaire data from three different samples of Australian high school students in an attempt to see if anything has changed in relation to how they perceive the science they experience in the compulsory years of secondary school (grades 7-10). Questionnaire data were obtained from 1,585 high school students in…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes
Dawson, Vaille – Research in Science Education, 2007
The products of modern biotechnology processes such as genetic engineering, DNA testing and cloning will increasingly impact on society. It is essential that young people have a well-developed scientific understanding of biotechnology and associated processes so that they are able to contribute to public debate and make informed personal…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Genetics, Engineering, Biotechnology
