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Sickel, Aaron J.; Witzig, Stephen B.; Vanmali, Binaben H.; Abell, Sandra K. – Research in Science Education, 2013
Large enrolment science courses play a significant role in educating undergraduate students. The discourse in these classes usually involves an instructor lecturing with little or no student participation, despite calls from current science education reform documents to elicit and utilize students' ideas in teaching. In this study, we used the 5E…
Descriptors: College Science, Biology, Large Group Instruction, Undergraduate Students
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Shrigley, Robert L.; Koballa, Thomas R., Jr. – School Science and Mathematics, 1989
Discusses aspects of using anecdotes in the classroom including vividness, the downside, high inferential risks, and low inferential risks. Reviews research underpinnings. (MVL)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication (Thought Transfer), Research, Science Instruction
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Ritchie, Stephen M. – Science Education, 1999
Describes a case study of an experienced provocateur-teacher in which the teacher's theory for science learning and teaching during teacher-student interactions was inferred from classroom observations, teacher-student discourse, and stimulated recall interviews. The teacher's instructional moves were interrelated with the components of his…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Communication, Cognitive Structures, Foreign Countries