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Students' Drawings, Conceptual Models, And Chemistry Understanding in the Air-Quality Learning Unit
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Avargil, Shirly; Saxena, Arunika – Research in Science Education, 2023
Drawing, constructing, and explaining a model of a given abstract phenomenon is a challenging task. In this study, students were engaged in the "Project-Based Inquiry Science (PBIS)-Air Quality" learning unit, as part of their chemistry curriculum. The study aim is to determine how well students understand chemistry conceptually after…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Pollution, Scoring Rubrics
Why Inquiry? Primary Teachers' Objectives in Choosing Inquiry- and Context-Based Instructional Strategies to Stimulate Students' Science Learning
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Walan, Susanne; Nilsson, Pernilla; Ewen, Birgitta – Research in Science Education, 2017
Studies have shown that there is a need for pedagogical content knowledge among science teachers. This study investigates two primary teachers and their objectives in choosing inquiry- and context-based instructional strategies as well as the relation between the choice of instructional strategies and the teachers' knowledge about of students'…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Education, Science Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Students' Participation in an Interdisciplinary, Socioscientific Issues Based Undergraduate Human Biology Major and Their Understanding of Scientific Inquiry
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Eastwood, Jennifer L.; Sadler, Troy D.; Sherwood, Robert D.; Schlegel, Whitney M. – Research in Science Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine whether Socioscientific Issues (SSI) based learning environments affect university students' epistemological understanding of scientific inquiry differently from traditional science educational contexts. We identify and compare conceptions of scientific inquiry of students participating in an…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Interdisciplinary Approach, Science and Society, Undergraduate Students
The Impact of a Professional Development Programme on Primary Teachers' Classroom Practice and Pupils' Attitudes to Science
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Smith, Greg – Research in Science Education, 2015
This study investigates the relationship, if any, between teacher participation in a targeted professional development programme and changes in participants' instructional practice and their pupils' attitudes to learning primary science. The programme took place over a 2-year period in 15 small rural schools in the West of Ireland. Data sources…
Descriptors: Correlation, Teacher Participation, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods
The Features of Peer Argumentation in Middle School Students' Scientific Inquiry
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Kim, Heekyong; Song, Jinwoong – Research in Science Education, 2006
This study examined the features of peer argumentation in middle school students' scientific inquiry. Participants were two boys and six girls in grade 8 of a middle school in Seoul, Korea. Students engaged in open inquiry activities in small groups. Each group prepared the report for peer review and then, during the peer discussion, presented…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Small Group Instruction
Assessing Culturally Sensitive Factors in the Learning Environment of Science Classrooms.
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Fisher, Darrell L.; Waldrip, Bruce G. – Research in Science Education, 1997
Describes the development and validation of the Cultural Learning Environment Questionnaire (CLEQ) which assesses eight scales of the culturally sensitive environments of secondary school students. Examines associations between students' perceptions of their culturally sensitive learning environment, their attitudes towards science, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Inquiry