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Direct linkElliott, Leslie Atkins; Jaxon, Kim; Salter, Irene – Teachers College Press, 2016
Offering expertise in the teaching of writing (Kim Jaxon) and the teaching of science (Leslie Atkins Elliott and Irene Salter), this book will help instructors create classrooms in which students use writing to learn and think scientifically. The authors provide concrete approaches for engaging students in practices that mirror the work that…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Technical Writing, Writing Instruction, Science Curriculum
Download full textRandall, David; Welser, Christopher – National Association of Scholars, 2018
A reproducibility crisis afflicts a wide range of scientific and social-scientific disciplines, from epidemiology to social psychology. Improper research techniques, lack of accountability, disciplinary and political groupthink, and a scientific culture biased toward producing positive results together have produced a critical state of affairs.…
Descriptors: Scientific Methodology, Replication (Evaluation), Scientific Research, Guidelines
Peer reviewedLlevot-Calvet, Núria, Ed. – IntechOpen, 2018
In a plural, complex, and diverse society, the school faces many challenges. Teachers must prepare their students for future professions, unthinkable nowadays, and the digital competences of teachers and students are one of the axes of an advanced school. This book presents a set of works rigorously elaborated by authors of different disciplines,…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Electronic Learning, Educational Quality, Technology Integration
Pellegrino, James W., Ed.; Wilson, Mark R., Ed.; Koenig, Judith A., Ed.; Beatty, Alexandra S., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2014
Assessments, understood as tools for tracking what and how well students have learned, play a critical role in the classroom. "Developing Assessments for the Next Generation Science Standards" develops an approach to science assessment to meet the vision of science education for the future as it has been elaborated in "A Framework…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Student Evaluation, Science Education, Academic Standards
Saleh, Issa M., Ed.; Khine, Myint Swe, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
The research into how students' attitudes affect their learning of science related subjects has been one of the core areas of interest by science educators. The development in science education records various attempts in measuring attitudes and determining the correlations between behavior, achievements, career aspirations, gender identity and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes
Glasgow, Neal A.; Cheyne, Michele; Yerrick, Randy K. – Corwin, 2010
The experience and science expertise of these award-winning authors makes this easy-to-use guide a teacher's treasure trove. This latest edition to the popular What Successful Teachers Do series describes 75 research-based strategies and outlines best practices for inquiry-oriented science. Each strategy includes a brief description of the…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Scientific Methodology, Formative Evaluation, Cooperative Learning
McCombs, Maxwell; And Others – 1976
The techniques of behavioral scientists--field surveys, experiments, and content analysis--are becoming increasingly important to journalists as skills in the art of interviewing. This book is an introduction to behavioral science methodology for both prospective and professional journalists. Chapters are divided into three sections (strategies…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Field Interviews, Interviews, Journalism
Llewellyn, Douglas – 2001
This book provides clear-cut insights along with practical suggestions on how to develop teaching competencies and strategies and implement inquiry as called for by the national standards. The chapters in this book take the reader through constructing an understanding of inquiry and the characteristics of an inquiry-based classroom, then address…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Edmund, Norman W. – 2000
This booklet introduces the SM-14 (Scientific Method) Formula and lists characteristics of the scientific method. A history and progression of the scientific method is also featured. Contents include: (1) The Basic Principles of the Scientific Method; (2) Submitting Ideas Incorporating SM-14; (3) The 11 Stages of the SM-14 Formula and Famous…
Descriptors: Creativity, Decision Making, Evaluation, Inquiry
Handy, Rollo; Harwood, E. C. – 1973
This book discusses and analyzes the many different procedures of inquiry, both old and new, which have been used in an attempt to solve the problems men encounter. Section A examines some outmoded procedures of inquiry, describes scientific inquiry, and presents the Dewey-Bentley view of scientific method. Sections B and C, which comprise the…
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Behavioral Sciences, Definitions, Glossaries
Edwards, Reginald, Ed.; And Others – 1973
This report consists of papers delivered at the 1971 meeting of educators sponsored by the Unesco Institute for Education. The purpose of the meeting was to assess comparative education in the context of the trend towards empiricism and borrowing from the social sciences. The report is divided into the following sections: (1) General Problems of…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Conference Reports, Curriculum Research, Educational Research
Shavelson, Richard J., Ed.; Towne, Lisa, Ed. – 2002
This book presents a report on the nature and value of scientific research and with the increasing trend in evidence-based education, explains the similarities and differences between scientific inquiry and inquiry in other disciplines. Contents include: (1) "Accumulation of Scientific Knowledge"; (2) "Guiding Principles for Scientific Inquiry";…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Inquiry, Problem Based Learning
Simon, Charles W. – 1977
This document discusses and critically reviews problems existing with utilizing traditional experimental methods in psychology and the behavioral sciences. Experimental and correlational data collection methods are reviewed and a new data collection method merging the more productive features of each is proposed. The philosophy, strategy, and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Experimental Programs, Experimental Psychology, Psychological Studies
Lemon, Nigel – 1973
The aim of attitude measurement is to derive indices of socially significant behavior. It is therefore necessary to broaden the basis of measurement to include data derived from a variety of sources. The widening gulf between the increasing sophistication of measurement and the relatively crude conceptualizations on which it is based is likely…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Data Collection, Interviews
Pace, R. Wayne; And Others – 1975
The purpose of this book is to present information about communicating in terms of "if-then" propositions that are based on scientific study. The book consists of two sections--Communication Behavior and Communication Experiments. The chapters in the first section of this book consider relationships, messages, information diffusion, and achieving…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Research, Group Behavior
