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Expanding Opportunities to Learn in Secondary Science Classrooms Using Unconventional Forms of Classroom Assessments
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Kang, Hosun; Talafian, Hamideh; Tschida, Paul – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
This study explores the role of unconventional forms of classroom assessments in expanding minoritized students' opportunities to learn (OTL) in high school physics classrooms. In this research + practice partnership project, high school physics teachers and researchers co-designed a unit about momentum to expand minoritized students' meaningful…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Grade 11, Grade 12, Evaluation Methods
Learning Contexts, Black Cultural Ethos, and the Science Achievement of African American Students in an Urban Middle School
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Parsons, Eileen Carlton – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
As other countries vigorously promote rapid advancement in science, optimizing the participation of all students in the United States in science is imperative. This study focused on African American students and examined their science achievement in relation to Black Cultural Ethos (BCE), a construct rooted in psychology. Via qualitative and…
Descriptors: African American Students, Science Achievement, Student Participation, Science Education
A Mixed Methods Analysis of the Effects of an Integrative Geobiological Study of Petrified Wood in Introductory College Geology Classrooms
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Clary, Renee M.; Wandersee, James H. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
Mixed methods research conducted across three semesters in introductory college geology classes (n=187, 190, 138) attempted to ascertain whether integrated study of petrified wood could serve as a portal to improved student geobiological understanding of fossilization, geologic time, and evolution. The Petrified Wood Survey[TM] was administered as…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Introductory Courses, College Students
Reformed Undergraduate Instruction and its Subsequent Impact on Secondary School Teaching Practice and Student Achievement
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Adamson, Scott L.; Banks, Debra; Burtch, Mark; Cox, Frank, III; Judson, Eugene; Turley, Jeffery B.; Benford, Russell; Lawson, Anton E. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2003
The Arizona Collaborative for Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers (ACEPT) Program is one of several reform efforts supported by the National Science Foundation. The primary ACEPT reform mechanism has been month-long summer workshops in which university and community college science and mathematics faculty learn about instructional reforms…
Descriptors: Workshops, Teaching Methods, Scientific Principles, Biology