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Luvanga, Baraka Gaitan; Mkimbili, Selina Thomas – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
This paper presents the findings of a study that explored the link between teachers' views on the challenges to inquiry-based science teaching (IBST) practice in the chemistry classroom and their need for professional development. The study used a multiple case study design and collected data using interviews. Participants were purposively…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Instruction, Chemistry
McGaughey, Trisha A.; Wade, Julie H.; Zhao, Huafang – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2013
This brief describes an evaluation of academic intervention supports available to high school students in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) during the 2012-2013 school year. A website review identified information about academic supports available to students or parents within each high school's web pages. A survey of school staff gathered…
Descriptors: Counties, Academic Support Services, At Risk Students, High School Students
Johnson, Philip G. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1950
This study reports enrollments in general science, biology, chemistry, and physics in public high schools, the additional science offerings, the number of teachers serving these pupils, class size, grade placement of science subjects, time allotments for recitation and laboratory, and troublesome problems related to the teaching of science. The…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Science Instruction, Class Size, Teacher Attitudes
Horn, Laura; And Others – 1992
The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) is the third in a series of longitudinal studies sponsored by the National Center for Education Statistics. This report profiles the mathematics and science instruction received by eighth graders (11,414 surveyed in mathematics and 10,686 in science) in public and private schools in 1988…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Class Size