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Download full textHeller, Joan I.; Shinohara, Mayumi; Miratrix, Luke; Hesketh, Sophia Rabe; Daehler, Kirsten R. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
Few elementary school teachers command a science background sufficient to offer children early and sustained opportunities to develop an understanding of science concepts, and facility with scientific modes of reasoning. This four-year, NSF-funded study was designed to investigate how and to what extent particular combinations of science content…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Science Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedGriffiths, Alan K.; Preston, Kirk R. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1992
Identifies misconceptions related to the fundamental characteristics of atoms and molecules held by twelfth-grade students. Data were obtained by administration of semistructured interviews to a stratified, random sample of 30 students. Fifty-two misconceptions were observed and reported. Some of the misconceptions identified parallel the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Educational Research, Grade 12, Misconceptions
Direct linkKjaernsli, Marit; Lie, Svein – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2004
In this paper we have set out to search for similarities and differences between the Nordic countries concerning patterns of competencies defined as scientific literacy in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study. The first part focuses on gender differences concerning the two types of competencies, understanding of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Thinking Skills, Gender Differences
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Testing. – 1988
The North Carolina End-of-Course Testing Program was established to provide student, school, and school system information about achievement in high school courses. Approximately 83.4 percent of the 77,154 students who took the biology test were in the tenth grade. Students taking biology in the ninth grade (8.3 percent) were on an accelerated…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Biology, High Schools, Science Education
O'Sullivan, Christine Y.; Weiss, Andrew R. – 1999
In 1996, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessed the knowledge and skills of students in the areas of earth science, life science, and physical science. It also collected information related to the background of students (grades 4, 8, and 12), their teachers (grades 4 and 8), and the schools they attended (grades 4, 8, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Educational Practices
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
