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Evaluating and Redesigning Teaching Learning Sequences at the Introductory Physics Level
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Guisasola, Jenaro; Zuza, Kristina; Ametller, Jaume; Gutierrez-Berraondo, José – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
In this paper we put forward a proposal for the design and evaluation of teaching and learning sequences in upper secondary school and university. We will connect our proposal with relevant contributions on the design of teaching sequences, ground it on the design-based research methodology, and discuss how teaching and learning sequences designed…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Science Instruction, Physics, Foreign Countries
Improving Student Attitudes about Science by Integrating Research into the Introductory Chemistry Laboratory: Interdisciplinary Drinking Water Analysis
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Richter-Egger, Dana L.; Hagen, James P.; Laquer, Frederic C.; Grandgenett, Neal F.; Shuster, Robert D. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2010
The integration of student research into a general chemistry laboratory and an environmental geology course has been evaluated for its effectiveness to improve (i) student attitudes about science and chemistry, (ii) student understanding of the nature of experimental science and the scientific method, and (iii) student perceptions of the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Science Process Skills, Science Laboratories
Introducing Undergraduate Students to Science
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De Avila, Paulo, Jr.; Torres, Bayardo B. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2010
Understanding the scientific method fosters the development of critical thinking and logical analysis of information. Additionally, proposing and testing a hypothesis is applicable not only to science, but also to ordinary facts of daily life. Knowing the way science is done and how its results are published is useful for all citizens and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Critical Thinking, Logical Thinking, Publications
The Attainment of Understandings About the Scientific Enterprise, Scientists, and the Aims and Methods of Science by Students in a College Physical Science Course
Jones, Katherine Maurice – J Res Sci Teaching, 1969
Descriptors: Achievement, College Science, Physical Sciences, Program Evaluation
The End of "Science as a Way of Knowing."
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Moore, John A. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1993
Presents an informal evaluation of the Science as a Way of Knowing Project started in 1983. (PR)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Science Education
A Summary of Research in Science Education--1988.
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Koballa, Thomas R., Jr.; And Others – 1989
This volume presents a compilation and review of more than 400 research studies on science teaching and the preparation of science teachers that were reported in 1988, organized into 10 sections. The sections are: (1) "Professional Concerns"; (2) "Teacher Education"; (3)"Programs"; (4) "Curriculum"; (5)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, College Science, Computer Uses in Education