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Direct linkJames Deehan; Amy MacDonald; Christopher Morris – Studies in Science Education, 2024
Effective science education is crucial for developing a scientifically literate citizenry, and for many, foundational primary science education experiences play a significant role in defining their long-term science trajectories. However, primary science education has been limited by a dissonance between the poor science trajectories for…
Descriptors: Intervention, Science Education, Science Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Jung, Myoungwhon; Conderman, Greg; Jackson, Christine – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2022
To bolster science instruction in early childhood and elementary classrooms, teachers can implement practices that focus on big ideas, engage students in science processes, and differentiate instruction.
Descriptors: Science Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Science Instruction
Reigh, Emily; Miller, Emily Adah; Simani, Maria Chiara; Severson, Alice – Science and Children, 2023
Since the "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS) were released, K-12 science teachers have been figuring out how to extend related learning opportunities to all students, including multilingual learners (MLLs) who are new to speaking English. Elementary schools often prioritize math and English language arts, the subjects that are…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, English Language Learners, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
Download full textMiriam J. Rhodes; Adrie J. Visscher; Hanno van Keulen; Martine A. R. Gijsel – European Journal of STEM Education, 2024
This systematic literature review presents a review of the effects of integrated language arts, science and technology (ILS&T) instruction, with an inquiry- or design-based pedagogy, in elementary schools on student achievement. To this end, an overview of the characteristics of the 19 included studies and their interventions is first…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Academic Achievement, Intervention, Language Arts
Rusdiyana Rusdiyana; Dyah Rini Indriyanti; Hartono Hartono; Wiwi Isnaeni – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2024
The teacher has an important role in making pupils skilled in inquiry, viz guiding them to carry out inquiry steps in science learning. However, there are obstacles to applying online learning at primary school level, especially inquiry-based science. The purpose of this research is to analyse the application of inquiry in science learning,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Inquiry, Online Courses
Nancy Kober – National Academies Press, 2023
Research shows that that children learn science and engineering subjects best by engaging from an early age in the kinds of practices used by real scientists and engineers. By doing science and engineering, children not only develop and refine their understanding of the core ideas and crosscutting concepts of these disciplines, but can also be…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Elementary Education, Science Instruction, Engineering Education
Heather Killen; Merijke Coenraad; Virginia Byrne; Lautaro Cabrera; Kelly Mills; Diane Jass Ketelhut; Jandelyn D. Plane – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2023
Computational thinking (CT) is playing an increasingly relevant role within disciplinary teaching in elementary school, particularly in science. However, many teachers are unfamiliar with CT, either because their education occurred before the popularization of CT or because CT instruction was not included in their pre-service coursework. For these…
Descriptors: Computation, Thinking Skills, Science Instruction, Faculty Development
Ben Hammou, Salah; Kesbi, Abdelaziz – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
The present study explored a small-scale English medium instruction (EMI) initiative in Moroccan secondary schools, which is part of a top-down multilingual policy based on teaching science subjects through foreign languages, namely French, English, and Spanish. 18 secondary EMI teachers of math, physics and life and earth sciences were…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty, Science Instruction
Suyatman; Saputro, Sulistyo; Sunarno, Widha; Sukarmin – European Journal of Educational Research, 2021
This study aimed to analyze the Research-Based Learning (RBL) model implementation in the natural sciences in improving students' analytical thinking skills. This study employed a mixed-method with a sequential exploratory design. Data collection began with qualitative data and then continued with quantitative data. Qualitative data collection…
Descriptors: Energy, Concept Formation, Evaluative Thinking, Thinking Skills
Wilkinson, Debs; Stone, Glenn – Primary Science, 2019
Teaching children scientific vocabulary is an important part of science education and should be carefully considered when planning units of work so that children can understand new words and apply them to their learning (Sewell, 2018). This view is echoed in the aims of the National Curriculum in England, which states that pupils should be able to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Grammar, Vocabulary Development
Hamurcu, Hülya – World Journal of Education, 2018
The aim of this study was to determine opinions of a group of prospective Turkish primary school teachers about what teaching methods and techniques are more suitable to teach science. In addition, their perceived competence in selection of teaching methods and techniques was explored. In Turkey, primary school teachers offer various courses in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Markwick, Andy – Primary Science, 2019
Exploiting the special synergy between science and mathematics can deepen children's understanding of scientific concepts and ideas and provide a range of contextualised opportunities for children to apply their mathematical knowledge and skills. With some creative thought and careful planning, science activities can be developed so that they…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction
Lederman, Judith; Lederman, Norman; Bartels, Selina; Jimenez, Juan; Akubo, Mark; Aly, Shereen; Bao, Chengcheng; Blanquet, Estelle; Blonder, Ron; Bologna Soares de Andrade, Mariana; Buntting, Catherine; Cakir, Mustafa; EL-Deghaidy, Heba; ElZorkani, Ahmed; Gaigher, Estelle; Guo, Shuchen; Hakanen, Arvi; Hamed Al-Lal, Soraya; Han-Tosunoglu, Cigdem; Hattingh, Annemarie; Hume, Anne; Irez, Serhat; Kay, Gillian; Kivilcan Dogan, Ozgur; Kremer, Kerstin; Kuo, Pi-Chu; Lavonen, Jari; Lin, Shu-Fen; Liu, Cheng; Liu, Enshan; Liu, Shiang-Yao; Lv, Bin; Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel; McDonald, Christine; Neumann, Irene; Pan, Yaozhen; Picholle, Eric; Rivero García, Ana; Rundgren, Carl-Johan; Santibáñez-Gómez, David; Saunders, Kathy; Schwartz, Renee; Voitle, Frauke; von Gyllenpalm, Jakob; Wei, Fangbing; Wishart, Jocelyn; Wu, Zhifeng; Xiao, Huang; Yalaki, Yalcin; Zhou, Qiaoxue – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Although understandings of scientific inquiry (as opposed to conducting inquiry) are included in science education reform documents around the world, little is known about what students have learned about inquiry during their elementary school years. This is partially due to the lack of any assessment instrument to measure understandings about…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Middle School Students, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Gormley, Katie; Birdsall, Sally; France, Bev – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2019
Socio-scientific issues (SSIs) are real-life problems which have a scientific basis yet require the consideration of social concerns. Using SSIs has been advocated as an approach to engage secondary-school students with science and this study aimed to explore the potential of such an approach in the primary-school classroom. The experiences and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Social Problems, Teaching Methods
Moller, Tracy; Beech, Nicola – Primary Science, 2019
Changes to the National Curriculum in England in 2014 placed a stronger emphasis on children working scientifically while developing a range of science enquiry skills. As science subject leaders, the authors noticed that colleagues in their schools were only confident when teaching enquiry as a fair test, which the authors now know is not always…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, National Curriculum, Inquiry
