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Direct linkEmma C. Goodwin; Logan E. Gin; Allyson Aeschliman; Adwoa Kumi Afoakwa; Bryttani A. Allred; Sarah T. Avalle; Amanda Bell; Jessica Berkheimer; Hannah Brzezinski; Rachel Campos; Hozhoo Emerson; Savage Cree Hess; Arron M. Montelongo; Nereus Noshirwani; W. Levi Shelton; Emma M. Valdez; Jennifer White; Quinn White; Ehren Wittekind; Katelyn M. Cooper; Sara E. Brownell – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Positive outcomes from undergraduate research experiences (UREs) have resulted in calls to broaden and diversify participation in research. However, we have little understanding of what demographics are reported and considered in the analyses of student outcomes from UREs. Without this information, it is impossible to assess whether participation…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Scientific Research, Natural Sciences
Download full textŽeljka Ivkovic Hodžic; Lidija Vujicic; Željko Boneta – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2024
The paper presents the results of a survey conducted among preschool teachers in Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia, the aim of which was to investigate the attitudes of the participants towards the role of science in education and society. Recent global trends in economic development have introduced new educational concepts in national curricula…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Natural Sciences
Urhahne, Detlef; Kremer, Kerstin – Educational Psychology, 2023
Based on the theory of integrated domains in epistemology, the question of domain specificity of epistemic beliefs was investigated from a comprehensive perspective. We examined intraindividual differences in epistemic beliefs about the natural, mathematical, social, and linguistic sciences that represented almost the entire spectrum of subjects…
Descriptors: Epistemology, Beliefs, Individual Differences, Natural Sciences
Hirao, Tomotaka – Higher Education Forum, 2023
This paper replicates models developed by previous research to study the effects of graduate education on new graduates' initial employment in the Japanese labor market. If education is the best investment for an individual's economic success, then graduate degrees are expected to provide an individual with higher-earning job opportunities.…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Employment Potential, Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities
Anastasia Malong Buma; Doras Sibanda; Marissa Rollnick – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
The intervention programmes have a direct influence on teachers' knowledge of teaching different topics. This paper focuses on how Grade 8 natural science teachers' knowledge developed during an intervention programme. Eight schools were selected to participate, and 25 Grade 8 Natural Sciences teachers from Gauteng province participated. Data were…
Descriptors: Natural Sciences, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science Teachers, Grade 8
Vasilije Ivanovic – ProQuest LLC, 2024
We are becoming more and more aware of the marks our human existence is leaving on our global environment: the Anthropocene as discourse of that awareness is turning into a living and lived-in reality. I argue that such discourse cannot remain the purview of the natural and social sciences alone: culture must be recognized in its pivotal role of…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Science Fiction, Teaching Methods, Ecology
Cecilia Valbuena Canet; Ana María Badanelli Rubio – Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, 2024
The objective of this article is to explore the relationship between concepts relating to nature and production and, by extension, to work, personal prosperity, and Spain's economic growth, as portrayed in compulsory education textbooks between 1965 and 1990. To this end, in our investigation we scrutinize the evolution of the conception and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbooks, Textbook Evaluation, Content Analysis
Ninni Wahlström; Catarina Schmidt – Educational Research, 2024
Background: Within classroom research, there has long been agreement on the importance of dialogue and discussion for student learning. However, how the concept of knowledge influences classroom conversation needs further investigation, as this has key implications for students' active participation. Purpose: Our research sought to conceptualise…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Foreign Countries, Natural Sciences, Grade 8
Lamprecht Lotter; Umesh Ramnarain – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2025
This study explores the experiences and perceptions of three senior phase Natural Sciences teachers using the flipped classroom approach (FCA) to enable them to implement inquiry-based learning (IBL) activities in their classrooms. The research data consisted of semi-structured interviews and classroom observation. The classroom observation data…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Inquiry, Science Education, Natural Sciences
Warda Abrahams – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2025
Background: The study explored how concept cartoons can be used as a teaching tool to improve Grade 4 learners' understanding of scientific terminology. The background highlights the importance of effective teaching tools in the changing educational environment, particularly in Natural Sciences education. Objectives: The purpose of the study was…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts, Vocabulary, Grade 4
Miranita Khusniati; Andhina Putri Heriyanti; Nila Prasetya Aryani; Trida Ridho Fariz; Dewanto Harjunowibowo – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2023
"Troso" woven fabric is a kind of weaving fabric produced in a village in Indonesia called "Troso." The aim of this study was to identify the detailed process of manufacture of "Troso" woven fabric and reconstruct it related to several scientific concepts. Research method started by observe several local cultures in…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Ethnology, Ecology, Science Education
Gulden Yespolova; Kholdarova Irodakhon; Baydjanov Bekzod; Bazarbekova Rabiga; Astambayeva Zhupat – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2023
This study aims to determine the effectiveness of the author's teaching technology in developing schoolchildren's research skills, the challenges an elementary school faces, and how the entire process of developing research skills works. Quantitative and qualitative research techniques were used. Participants were from No.15, No.1, No.46, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Research Skills, Foreign Countries, Natural Sciences
Nosofsky, Robert M.; Meagher, Brian J.; Kumar, Parhesh – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2022
A classic issue in the cognitive psychology of human category learning has involved the contrast between exemplar and prototype models. However, experimental tests to distinguish the models have relied almost solely on use of artificially-constructed categories composed of simplified stimuli. Here we contrast the predictions from the models in a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Natural Sciences, Experimental Psychology, Prediction
Swedberg, Richard – Sociological Methods & Research, 2021
This article addresses the following question: Can speculation be used in social science research or should this not be an option? The secondary literature on speculation, which is minimal, is presented and discussed. It is noted that natural scientists often differentiate between a scientific form of speculation and the old metaphysical form of…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Cognitive Processes, Philosophy, Natural Sciences
E. Löfström; H. Pitkänen; A. Cekanauskaite; V. Lukaševiciene; S. Kyllönen; E. Gefenas – Journal of Academic Ethics, 2025
This research focuses on how research ethics committee and integrity board members discuss and decide on solutions to case scenarios that involve a dimension of research ethics or integrity in collaborative settings. The cases involved issues around authorship, conflict of interest, disregard of good scientific practice and ethics review, and…
Descriptors: Research, Ethics, Integrity, Boards of Education
