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Alshammari, Ahmad – Online Submission, 2013
The MoE (Ministry of Education) in the state of Kuwait is starting to reform the science curriculum in all school academic stages: primary (1-5) grades, intermediate (6-9) grades, and secondary (10-12) grades. The purpose of this study was to explore the opinions of science teachers about Kuwait's new sixth and seventh grade science curriculum,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Curriculum Implementation, Science Curriculum
Kim, Minkee; Aktan, Tugba – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
Studies have not yet consented whether integrating mathematics into science would enhance students' learning or confuse their understanding of abstract mathematical concepts. In spite of the social need for solving social-scientific problems with multiple facets, there has not been a holistic integration model of the disciplines. Hence, this study…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Integrated Curriculum, Mathematics Curriculum, Science Curriculum
Dullard, Heath; Oliver, Mary – Teaching Science, 2012
"I can feel it making my brain bigger": from a Year 8 student at Pinjarra Senior High School (SHS) halfway through the two-year Thinking Science Program. Pinjarra was a pilot school for the program in 2009/10 and a growing number of schools in Western Australia (WA) are implementing this program in Years Seven to Nine as part of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, Science Programs
Chin, Doris B.; Dohmen, Ilsa M.; Cheng, Britte H.; Oppezzo, Marily A.; Chase, Catherine C.; Schwartz, Daniel L. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
Over the past several years, the authors have been developing an instructional technology, called Teachable Agents (TA), which draws on the social metaphor of teaching to help students learn. Students teach a computer character, their "agent," by creating a concept map of nodes connected by qualitative causal links. The authors hypothesize that…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Concept Mapping, Educational Technology, Science Curriculum
Goodnough, Karen; Hung, Woei – Teaching Education, 2009
In this study, five elementary teachers and a university researcher developed and implemented problem-based learning (PBL) experiences in the context of science teaching and learning. Collaborative inquiry was adopted as a methodology, while a variety of qualitative methods were used to examine the engagement and development of teachers'…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary School Science, Problem Based Learning, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Roseman, Jo Ellen; Koppal, Mary – Elementary School Journal, 2008
With increased emphasis on state standards and assessments in science, one might question whether there is still a role for national science standards and benchmarks. This article makes a case for the importance of national guidelines and identifies key functions performed by the National Research Council's "National Science Education Standards"…
Descriptors: State Standards, National Standards, Educational Change, Guidelines
Fullick, Ann – Primary Science Review, 2006
For as long as people have sought to understand the world in which they live, stories have played an important role in helping to clarify and communicate their ideas. In ancient times, stories such as the four humours of the body provided a way of explaining health and disease. In the modern world, stories have largely been replaced by rational,…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Educational Resources, Medicine, Health Education
Lewthwaite, Brian – Science Education, 2006
This inquiry examines the personal attribute and environmental factors that contribute to and impede science teacher-leader development. Using a narrative approach, the inquiry focuses on the experiences of three teachers in three different New Zealand primary schools (years 1-6) as they develop in their capabilities as science teacher-leaders…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Science Teachers, Elementary Education
Obourn, Ellsworth S.; Koelsche, Charles L. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
This publication continues the annual series of bulletins begun in 1950 as a cooperative undertaking between the National Association for Research in Science Teaching and the Office of Education. The present bulletin summarizes and interprets the research in science education from July 1956 to July 1957. The improvement of teaching in science, as…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Research, Science Education, Science Instruction