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Polman, Joseph L.; Newman, Alan; Saul, Ellen Wendy; Farrar, Cathy – Science Education, 2014
In this paper, the authors describe how the practices of expert science journalists enable them to act as "competent outsiders" to science. We assert that selected science journalism practices can be used to design reform-based science instruction; these practices not only foster science literacy that is useful in daily life, but also…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Science Instruction, Educational Change, Science Activities
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Thompson, Jessica; Richards, Jennifer; Shim, Soo-Yean; Lohwasser, Karin; Von Esch, Kerry Soo; Chew, Christine; Sjoberg, Bethany; Morris, Ann – AERA Open, 2019
One of the major challenges in educational reform is supporting teachers and the profession in the continual improvement of instruction. Research-practice partnerships and particularly networked improvement communities are well-suited for such knowledge-building work. This article examines how a networked improvement community with eight…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communities of Practice, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship
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Severance, Samuel; Penuel, William R.; Sumner, Tamara; Leary, Heather – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2016
Cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) approaches to intervention aim for transformative agency, that is, collective actions that expand and bring about new possibilities for activity. In this article, we draw on CHAT as a resource for organizing design research that promotes teachers' agency in designing new science curriculum materials. We…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Curriculum, Instructional Materials
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Herrington, Deborah; Daubenmire, Patrick L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
Despite decades of research regarding best practices for the teaching and learning of chemistry, as well as two sets of national reform documents for science education, classroom instruction in high school chemistry classrooms remains largely unchanged. One key reason for this continued gap between research and practice is a reliance on…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Science Teachers
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Kezar, Adrianna – Liberal Education, 2012
One of the dilemmas that policy makers, campus leaders, and individual faculty members often describe with chagrin is the difficulty of scaling up successful innovations. Officials at the National Science Foundation (NSF), for example, admit they are discouraged because the results of most NSF-funded projects are not disseminated beyond the target…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research and Development, Educational Change, Science Instruction
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Yin, Robert K.; Hackett, Edward J.; Chubin, Daryl E. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2008
National Science Foundation's (NSF's) MSP Program seeks foremost "to improve student outcomes in high-quality mathematics and science by all students, at all pre-K-12 levels". The MSP Program, consisting of a portfolio of funded projects, in part positions itself as a research and development (R&D) program. This study has addressed the need to…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Partnerships in Education, Program Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Corcoran, Tom; Mosher, Frederic A.; Rogat, Aaron – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2009
The purpose of this report is to describe the work that has been done so far on learning progressions in science, examine the challenges to developing usable learning progressions, determine if further investments are warranted, and if so, what investments are needed to realize their promised benefits. The report examines the quality and utility…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Research Reports, Educational Change, Instructional Improvement
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Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Inst. for Research on Teaching. – 1991
A series of eight videoconferences was designed to help educational professionals improve schools by applying knowledge gained from research. During the videoconference programs, which are transmitted by satellite to facilities with receiving capacity, viewers can interact by telephone with the program presenters. Each program covers a specific…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Class Activities, Educational Change, Educational Practices
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC. – 1992
Project 2061 was initiated in 1985 with the goal of making Americans science literate. This report presents an update on the progress of Project 2061 and supplements the book "Science for All Americans" (SFAA). In the section of this report entitled "Background" is a brief overview of the project, an outline of purposes and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Crawford, Margaret, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2005
For the twenty-eighth year, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the National AECT Convention in Orlando, Florida. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Communications, Computer Uses in Education, Word Problems (Mathematics)