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Brooks, Eric Dwayne – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This study investigated whether participation in the Partnership for Research and Education in Plants (PREP), a long-term authentic plant research project, in conjunction with explicit verses implicit instruction can change high school students' conceptions of the nature of science (NOS). The participants included a total of 134 students comprised…
Descriptors: Intervention, High School Students, Research Projects, Semi Structured Interviews
Kim, Sung Un – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines the information seeking and use behaviors of English language learners (ELLs) while performing a research task, using Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development and Kuhlthau's Information Search Process as theoretical frameworks. The research tasks implemented in this study were curriculum based units where students engaged a…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, College Preparation, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Projects