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Tsaparlis, Georgios – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
In a previous publication, Jensen's scheme for the logical structure of chemistry was employed to identify a logical structure for physical chemistry, which was further used as a tool for analyzing the organization of twenty physical chemistry textbooks. In addition, science education research was considered for the study of the psychological…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Semi Structured Interviews, Test Items
Baklashova, Tatiana A.; Kazakov, Andrey V. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of this work is determined by the real problems of foreign students' adaptation to the educational environment of Russian high school. International students face certain problems, complicating adaptation to a new lifestyle, to the educational environment of the Russian high school, to a completely new social and cultural…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Adjustment, Higher Education, Colleges
Kusch, Jennifer – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2016
The study described in this article incorporates qualitative research through in-depth, individual, structured interviews with 12 biology faculty from two Midwestern universities to explore perceptions about how they have learned to teach and how they work to improve their skills.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Education, Learning Experience, Higher Education
McCourt, Jill S.; Andrews, Tessa C.; Knight, Jennifer K.; Merrill, John E.; Nehm, Ross H.; Pelletreau, Karen N.; Prevost, Luanna B.; Smith, Michelle K.; Urban-Lurain, Mark; Lemons, Paula P. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
We conducted a study of 19 biology instructors participating in small, local groups at six research-intensive universities connected to the Automated Analysis of Constructed Response (AACR) project (www.msu.edu/~aacr). Our aim was to uncover participants' motivation to persist in a long-term teaching professional development effort, a topic that…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Biology, College Faculty
Holmegaard, Henriette Tolstrup; Madsen, Lene Møller; Ulriksen, Lars – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
This paper presents results from a qualitative longitudinal study of students' transition into higher education engineering. The study aims at comparing upper-secondary school students' expectations of engineering with their actual experiences when encountering the engineering programme. It explores how this encounter provides a platform for…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Student Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Longitudinal Studies
Angervall, Petra; Gustafsson, Jan – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
In the context of higher education in Sweden, we see how major policy change is forming the field of Education Sciences. This change has promoted an increased focus on competitiveness, while reducing inefficiencies in mass-education. It has given legitimacy to specific recruitment strategies and career paths, but can also explain what determines…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Education, College Science, Higher Education
Barnes, M. Elizabeth; Brownell, Sara E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
Evolution is a core concept of biology, and yet many college biology students do not accept evolution because of their religious beliefs. However, we do not currently know how instructors perceive their role in helping students accept evolution or how they address the perceived conflict between religion and evolution when they teach evolution.…
Descriptors: Religion, Beliefs, Religious Factors, College Faculty
Kocakaya, Serhat; Kotluk, Nihat; Karakoyun, Ferit – Digital Education Review, 2016
The aim of this study is to determine the pre-service physics teachers' views on the effect of designing and developing physics digital stories (DST) on improving their 21st century skills. The study is a qualitative research carried out with 13 pre-service physics teachers, who participated in the course of designing and developing DST, during 6…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Physics, Science Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Temel, Senar; Özcan, Özgür – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
This study aims to analyse prospective chemistry teachers' cognitive structure related to the subject of covalent and ionic bonding. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants in order to determine their cognitive structure, and the interviews were audio recorded to prevent the loss of data. The data were transcribed and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Science Education, Science Teachers
Feldman-Maggor, Yael; Rom, Amira; Tuvi-Arad, Inbal – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
This study examines chemistry lecturers' considerations for using open educational resources (OER) in their teaching. Recent technological developments provide innovative approaches for teaching chemistry and visualizing chemical phenomena. End users' improved ability to upload information online enables integration of various pedagogical models…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Open Education, Educational Resources
Ferrare, Joseph J.; Hora, Matthew T. – Journal of Higher Education, 2014
While researchers have examined how disciplinary and departmental cultures influence instructional practices in higher education, there has yet to be an examination of this relationship at the embodied level of culture. In this article we utilize cultural models theory to examine the theories of student learning and teaching practice espoused and…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Culturally Relevant Education, Undergraduate Study, Higher Education
Gonzalez, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Latin@ math and science students represent a resilient, determined, and encouraging group of high achievers. This qualitative study presents the narratives of 10 Latin@ science and math teacher candidates currently attending Hispanic-Serving Institutions in California. Semi structured, in-depth interviews were conducted, where participants shared…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction
Tseng, Kuo-Hung; Chang, Chi-Cheng; Lou, Shi-Jer; Chen, Wen-Ping – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2013
Many scholars claimed the integration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education is beneficial to the national economy and teachers and institutes have been working to develop integrated education programs. This study examined a project-based learning (PjBL) activity that integrated STEM using survey and interview…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Attitudes, Engineering, Foreign Countries
Ramnarain, U.; Molefe, P. – Africa Education Review, 2012
A high failure rate at first year physics is often attributed to the lack of readiness of high school students to pursue such studies. This research explores this issue and reports on the perceptions of five physics lecturers at a South African university on the preparedness of high school students for first year physics. Qualitative data was…
Descriptors: Learning Readiness, Physics, Semi Structured Interviews, Qualitative Research
Guerra, Cecília; Moreira, António; Vieira, Rui Marques – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2012
One of the challenges higher education institutions face is to effectively endow science primary teachers with competences on "how", "where", "when" and "whether" to use technological resources (software and hardware) in teaching contexts. Teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPCK) requires…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Teacher Competencies, Science Teachers, Teacher Education