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Joseph Paul Ferguson; Lihua Xu; Russell Tytler – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2024
Background: In learning astronomy, students need to shift between 3D and 2D representations involving complex interactions between the body and material environment. Little attention has been paid to the iconic nature of this astronomical diagramming. Purpose: This research explored the value for students of diagramming to reveal the structural…
Descriptors: Science Education, Astronomy, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students
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Valeria M. Cabello – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2025
Considering the increasing severity of environmental disasters and the scarcity of studies centered on children's perspectives, this article explores context-based learning to create spaces of hope. Constructing explanations fosters meaning creation and knowledge integration. Fourth graders' self-explanations about contamination in a degraded…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Science Education
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Eckhard, Julia; Rodemer, Marc; Langner, Axel; Bernholt, Sascha; Graulich, Nicole – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Research in Organic Chemistry education has revealed students' challenges in mechanistic reasoning. When solving mechanistic tasks, students tend to focus on explicit surface features, apply fragmented conceptual knowledge, rely on rote-memorization and, hence, often struggle to build well-grounded causal explanations. When taking a resource…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Education, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods
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Bronwen Cowie; Suzanne Trask – Assessment Matters, 2022
In this article, we consider how assessment might reinforce New Zealand curriculum goals of knowing and doing in science for active and informed participation in societies that rely on scientific knowledge to guide decision making. This focus constitutes an orientation towards "sustainable assessment". Sustainable assessment encompasses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Science Curriculum, Curriculum Evaluation
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Janoušková, Svatava; Pyskatá Rathouská, Lubomíra; Žák, Vojtech; Urválková, Eva Stratilová – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: The competencies for the 21st century are defined as a broad and interrelated system of knowledge, skills, values and attitudes enabling the full application of man in personal and professional life. Regarding the science education competencies combining science and scientific knowledge, as well as skills such as inquiry, critical…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Science Process Skills, Thinking Skills, Abstract Reasoning
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Gantt, Allison L.; Paoletti, Teo; Corven, Julien – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2023
Covariational reasoning (or the coordination of two dynamically changing quantities) is central to secondary STEM subjects, but research has yet to fully explore its applicability to elementary and middle-grade levels within various STEM fields. To address this need, we selected a globally referenced STEM assessment--the Trends in International…
Descriptors: Incidence, Abstract Reasoning, Mathematics Education, Science Education
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Ho, Hsin Ning Jessie; Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2022
This research explored the interrelationship among Taiwanese high school students' conceptions of learning science (COLS), self-regulated learning science (SRLS), and science learning self-efficacy (SLSE). A total of 309 students participated in the study, and the self-report survey data were collected to measure these three constructs. Four COLS…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Concept Formation, Thinking Skills
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Waldrip, Bruce; Prain, Vaughan – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
Student engagement in learning science is both a desirable goal and a long-standing teacher challenge. Moving beyond engagement understood as transient topic interest, we argue that cognitive engagement entails sustained interaction in the processes of how knowledge claims are generated, judged, and shared in this subject. In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science, Science Education
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Yapicioglu, Aysegül Evren; Aycan, Sule – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2018
The establishment and use of nuclear power plants to meet the energy need is a controversial socioscientific issue in all the countries of the world; as in Turkey. In this regard, the current study intended to investigate the effect of the socioscientific issue-based instructional activities related to the Nuclear Energy Plants (NEP) that have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Decision Making, Abstract Reasoning
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Faria, Cláudia; Freire, Sofia; Baptista, Mónica; Galvão, Cecília – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
Mobilizing scientific knowledge for understanding the natural world and for critically appraise socio-scientific situations and make decisions are key competencies for today's' society. Therefore, it is essential to understand how students at the end of compulsory schooling use scientific knowledge for understanding the surrounding world. The…
Descriptors: Health Education, Scientific Literacy, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
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Kiliç, Didem – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The main purpose of the study was to investigate pre-service teachers' perceptions of the criteria used to classify animals. In this regard, it was also aimed at exploring conceptual structures and reasoning patterns shaping the pre-service teachers' perceptions. The participants of the present study were 324 pre-service teachers attending science…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Process Skills, Classification, Animals
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Darwish, Ata H. – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine the abstract thinking levels of the science students attending the first and fourth year at two Palestinian Universities (Al-Aqsa and Al-Azhar). The sample consisted of 133 students from Science Education Departments (SE). The tool, used to measure abstract thinking, was one of the Science Reasoning Tasks…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Science, Science Education, Abstract Reasoning
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Ergazaki, Marida; Valanidou, Eftychia; Kasimati, Maria-Christina; Kalantzi, Mara – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This paper reports on a mixed-model case study of designing and implementing a constructivist teaching intervention about reproduction and physical family resemblance for young children. The objective of the study was to explore whether the ways that preschoolers reason about the resemblance between offspring and parents can be improved with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Science Education, Biology
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Bakker, Arthur; Groenveld, Djonie; Wijers, Monica; Akkerman, Sanne F.; Gravemeijer, Koeno P. E. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2014
Based on insights into the nature of vocational mathematical knowledge, we designed a computer tool with which students in laboratory schools at senior secondary vocational school level could develop a better proficiency in the proportional reasoning involved in dilution. We did so because we had identified computations of concentrations of…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Intervention, Secondary School Students, Laboratory Schools
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Deane, Thomas; Nomme, Kathy; Jeffery, Erica; Pollock, Carol; Birol, Gülnur – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
We followed established best practices in concept inventory design and developed a 12-item inventory to assess student ability in statistical reasoning in biology (Statistical Reasoning in Biology Concept Inventory [SRBCI]). It is important to assess student thinking in this conceptual area, because it is a fundamental requirement of being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction, Statistics
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