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Learning to Teach Argumentation: Research and Development in the Science Classroom
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Simon, Shirley; Erduran, Sibel; Osborne, Jonathan – International Journal of Science Education, 2006
The research reported in this study focuses on an investigation into the teaching of argumentation in secondary science classrooms. Over a 1-year period, a group of 12 teachers from schools in the greater London area attended a series of workshops to develop materials and strategies to support the teaching of argumentation in scientific contexts.…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Research and Development, Workshops, Persuasive Discourse
Emergent Collectivity: Teachers as Interdependent E-Designers of Professional Development in K-6 Science and Technology
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Forsyth, Lachlan; Schaverien, Lynette – Journal of In-service Education, 2005
Communities (including online communities) appear to provide powerful contexts for the professional development of teachers. Yet, despite the apparent educational potency of groups, professional development research has almost exclusively focused on describing and explaining the learning of individuals. In a world where technology supports…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Professional Development, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Evaluation of Systemic Reform in Mathematics and Science: Synthesis and Proceedings of the Annual NISE Forum (4th, Arlington, VA, February 1-2, 1999). Workshop Report.
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Webb, Norman L. – 1999
This document reports on the National Institute for Science Education (NISE) forum on the Evaluation of Systemic Reform in Mathematics and Science. The purposes of the forum were to reflect upon what to understand about the evaluation of reform in the educational system, and to encourage and support continuing efforts to learn more about how…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Research
NISE Network: Overview of the NISE Network Evaluation
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St. John, Mark; Helms, Jenifer V.; Castori, Pam; Hirabayashi, Judy; Lopez, Laurie; Phillips, Michelle – Inverness Research, 2009
The documents enclosed in this report provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the progress made in developing a network organization capable of supporting nanoscience education for the public on a national scale. There is a logic to the studies that were done and to the reports that are included in this notebook. The following are the…
Descriptors: Workshops, Leadership, Administrators, Scientists
Meeting the Challenge of Professional Development: Design and Evaluation of a Telecommunications Mediated Course in Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education.
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Zeidler, Dana L.; LeBaron, John F. – 1997
In response to the challenge for reform in science education, a new graduate course entitled "Advances in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education" was initiated at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell by the College of Education. The course focused specifically on examining how private research and development work dovetails…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Doctoral Programs
Selected Papers from the National Conference on College Teaching and Learning (6th, Jacksonville, Florida, April 5-8, 1995).
Chambers, Jack A., Ed. – 1995
This collection of 18 papers covers four broad areas of teaching and learning in higher education: innovative college teaching/learning strategies; effective classroom research/assessment activities; advanced classroom technology; and developing teaching and learning centers. Titles include: (1) "African American Students' Perceptions of…
Descriptors: Black Students, Calculus, Classroom Techniques, Computer Science