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Dominik Diermann; Jenna Koenen – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Most chemistry students struggle with interpreting and understanding NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectra and the general concepts of NMR spectroscopy. NMR spectroscopy seems to be difficult to both teach and learn. Therefore, the corresponding courses should be investigated in more detail. We conducted a survey with N = 39 German university…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Spectroscopy, Nuclear Energy
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Barenthien, Julia Mareike; Dunekacke, Simone – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2022
Initial teacher education is the main opportunity to prepare pre-service preschool teachers to foster young children's science competences. Although initial teacher education is important for preschool teachers' later instruction in practice, little is known about early science education in initial teacher education. To gather first insights into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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Garrecht, Carola; Reiss, Michael J.; Harms, Ute – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
Students' argumentation skills are considered a central tool to contribute to scientific controversies in the science classroom. Scientific controversies of social relevance (socioscientific issues; SSI) are subject to multiple viewpoints that are often rooted in diverse disciplines. However, the relationship between issue familiarity and…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Persuasive Discourse, Familiarity, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
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Spatz, Verena; Hopf, Martin; Wilhelm, Thomas; Waltner, Christine; Wiesner, Hartmut – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2020
Newtonian mechanics is still among the most difficult topics in the physics' syllabus taught at school. For example, even after completing traditional instruction, students still think that a force is necessary to maintain motion. Therefore, a revised method of instruction is needed that meets students' learning needs. The aim of the project…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Mechanics (Physics), Science Instruction
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Meyerhöffer, Nina; Dreesmann, Daniel C. – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
English connects all areas of science around the world. Productive and receptive English-language skills are thus a crucial tool that schools must provide their students with in order to prepare them for higher education and professional life. The introduction of bilingual instruction of subject matter, often referred to as Content and Language…
Descriptors: German, Biology, Science Instruction, Units of Study
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Meyerhöffer, Nina; Dreesmann, Daniel C. – Journal of Biological Education, 2020
This paper presents an instructional model to incorporate English-language communication between international practicing scientists and English learners into secondary science lessons. The aim was to identify a method that lets pupils practice English as the language of science and that elicits positive affective attitudes in the form of…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, German, Native Language
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Schwanewedel, Julia; Heitmann, Patricia; Hecht, Martin; Scherer, Ronny – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2018
Argumentation is considered crucial in numerous disciplines. However, it is unclear whether argumentation is understood in comparable ways across disciplines. This study examined how students perceive argumentation in science and language lessons, and investigated beliefs about the relevance of discourse and facts. Data from 3,258 high school…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Student Attitudes, Science Instruction, Gender Differences
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Meyerhöffer, Nina; Dreesmann, Daniel C. – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
The dominant role of English as the global language of science entails a requirement for science teachers to equip their non-native English-speaking students with receptive and productive language skills for communication in scientific contexts. Although science courses with English elements are part of some schools' bilingual programmes, they are…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Bilingual Education, Course Content
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Steffensky, Mirjam; Gold, Bernadette; Holdynski, Manfred; Möller, Kornelia – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2015
The present study investigates the internal structure of professional vision of in-service teachers and student teachers with respect to classroom management and learning support in primary science lessons. Classroom management (including monitoring, managing momentum, and rules and routines) and learning support (including cognitive activation…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Student Teacher Attitudes, Classroom Techniques
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Weiss, Matthias; Dreesmann, Daniel C. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2014
Biological evolution still lacks representation in school, especially below high school level. In order to find new implications that could help achieve significant improvement in teaching evolution, twelve expert interviews with both renowned researchers and experienced science teachers were conducted. Results of the comparison between the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evolution, Science Instruction, Scientists
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Newson, Trevor – School Science Review, 1997
Describes a project in which students exchange research and information about renewable energy. Describes exchange visits including conferences and field trips to relevant places of interest. Reveals that great Britain lags behind Germany in the use of renewable resources. (DDR)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Course Content, Environmental Education, Field Trips
Westbury, Ian, Ed.; Hopmann, Stefan, Ed.; Riquarts, Kurt, Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers presents essays by German scholars and practitioners writing from within the German Didaktik tradition and interpretive essays by U.S. scholars. After an introduction, "Starting a Dialogue: A Beginning Conversation between Didaktik and the Curriculum Traditions" (Stefan Hopmann and Kurt Riquarts), there are 18…
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education