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Akuma, Fru Vitalis; Callaghan, Ronel – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Around the world, there have been curricula reforms involving the incorporation of the inquiry-based teaching and learning strategy in secondary school science education in general and in practical work in particular. Research in inquiry-based practical work (IBPW) has focused, for example, on aspects of the strategy itself, on teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development
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Marco-Bujosa, Lisa M.; McNeill, Katherine L.; González-Howard, María; Loper, Suzanna – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
Educative curriculum materials provide teachers with authentic opportunities to learn new skills and practices. Yet, research shows teachers use curriculum in different ways for different reasons, and these modifications could undermine the learning goals of the curriculum. Little research, however, has examined the variation in teacher use of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Science Curriculum, Case Studies, Instructional Materials
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Wendell, Kristen B.; Swenson, Jessica E. S.; Dalvi, Tejaswini S. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
As engineering learning experiences increasingly begin in elementary school, elementary teacher preparation programs are an important site for the study of teacher development in engineering education. In this article, we argue that the stances that novice teachers adopt toward engineering learning and knowledge are consequential for the…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Science Instruction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Arias, Anna Maria; Bismack, Amber Schultz; Davis, Elizabeth A.; Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2016
New reform documents underscore the importance of learning both the practices and content of science. This integration of practices and content requires sophisticated teaching that does not often happen in elementary classrooms. Educative curriculum materials--materials explicitly designed to support teacher and student learning--have been posited…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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Littenberg-Tobias, Joshua; Beheshti, Elham; Staudt, Carolyn – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2016
New technologies are increasingly giving science teachers the ability to access and customize science lessons. However, there is substantial debate in the literature about whether and under what conditions teacher customization benefit student learning. In this study, we examined teacher customization of inquiry-based science lessons from an…
Descriptors: Online Systems, Lesson Plans, Science Teachers, Science Instruction
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Christodoulou, Andri; Osborne, Jonathan – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2014
Current science education research and policy highlight the need to conceptualize scientific disciplines not only based on a view of "science-as-knowledge" but also on a perspective of "science-as-practice," placing an emphasis on practices such as explanation, argumentation, modeling, and communication. However, classroom…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Process Skills, Persuasive Discourse, Epistemology
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Zangori, Laura; Forbes, Cory T.; Biggers, Mandy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
While research has shown that elementary (K-5) students are capable of engaging in the scientific practice of explanation construction, commonly-used elementary science curriculum materials may not always afford them opportunities to do so. As a result, elementary teachers must often adapt their science curriculum materials to better support…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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Price, Jeremy F.; McNeill, Katherine L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
As knowledge of and familiarity with science becomes an increasingly important aspect of contemporary life and citizenship, efforts have been made to make the science curriculum a “lived” curriculum (Hurd, 2000), one that reaches out to the lives, communities, and experiences of students. In this research around a high school urban ecology…
Descriptors: Science Education, Educational Theories, Science Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum
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Johnson, Carla C. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2011
In this study, two middle-school teachers who participated in a professional development program utilizing the transformative professional development (TPD) model are followed as they embarked upon becoming culturally relevant science teachers of Hispanic students. Using Ladson-Billings (1994) theory of culturally relevant pedagogy, teacher…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers, Hispanic American Students, Culturally Relevant Education
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Tao, Ying; Oliver, Mary; Venville, Grady – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2013
Set in the context of today's globalized approaches to curriculum reform, the purpose of this study was to compare the teaching and learning of science in Chinese and Australian Grade 6 classrooms. A conceptual framework based on notions of culture and socioeconomic status informed the research design. Case study participants were three teachers…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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Lotter, Christine; Harwood, William S.; Bonner, J. Jose – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
This article investigates three teachers' conceptions and use of inquiry-based instructional strategies throughout a professional development program. The professional development program consisted of a 2-week summer inquiry institute and research experience in university scientists' laboratories, as well as three academic year workshops. Insights…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Teacher Effectiveness, Science Laboratories, Data Analysis
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Sweeney, Aldrin E.; Bula, Oleh A.; Cornett, Jeffrey W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2001
Examines relationships between a beginning high school chemistry teacher's articulated personal practice theories and his actions as demonstrated by his curricular decisions and instructional practices. Describes ways in which the formal articulations of this teacher's personal practice theories lent themselves to his development as teacher and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Case Studies, Chemistry, High Schools
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Robertson, Amy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
This is a qualitative case study of a collaboration among multiple stakeholders in science education who came together in order to create environmental field trips and the surrounding classroom curriculum. The collaboration involves 4 major facets of science education: formal education at the elementary and university levels, informal education,…
Descriptors: Science Education, Field Trips, Educational Research, Cooperative Planning
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Munby, Hugh – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1984
Examined beliefs and principles of one science teacher using the Repertory Grid Technique. The technique is illustrated thoroughly with ample interview segments provided. The significance of the study is argued within the framework of curriculum and instructional innovation and implementation. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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Venville, Grady – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2004
Although research from a developmental/psychological perspective indicates that many children do not have a scientific understanding of living things, even by the age of 10 years, little research has been conducted about how students learn this science topic in the classroom. This exploratory research used a case-study design and qualitative…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Concept Formation, Child Development, Biological Sciences
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