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Feille, Kelly K. – Research in Science Education, 2017
This research investigates the professional life histories of upper elementary science teachers who were identified as effective both within the classroom and in the outdoor learning environment (OLE). The narratives of five teachers, collected through semi-structured and open-ended interviews, provided the data for the study. Professional life…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Outdoor Education
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Saçkes, Mesut; Trundle, Kathy Cabe – Research in Science Education, 2017
This longitudinal study examined the role of metaconceptual awareness in the change and the durability of preservice teachers' conceptual understandings over the course of several months. Sixteen preservice early childhood teachers participated in the study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to reveal the participants' conceptual…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Metacognition, Preservice Teachers, Concept Formation
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Chan, Kennedy Kam Ho; Yung, Benny Hin Wai – Research in Science Education, 2018
Teaching experience has been identified as an important factor in pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) development. However, little is known about "how" experienced teachers may draw on their previous experience to facilitate their PCK development. This study examined how two experienced high school biology teachers approached the…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Experience, Experienced Teachers, Biology
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Fraser, Sharon P. – Research in Science Education, 2016
In the past 30 years, pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) frameworks have become important constructs in educational research undertaken in the school education system and a focus for research for curriculum and teacher education researchers. As regards science, PCK research has been plentiful, but thus far, the concept of PCK (significantly…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Educational Research, Science Teachers, College Science
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Blown, Eric J.; Bryce, Tom G. K. – Research in Science Education, 2017
The research reported here investigated the everyday and scientific repertoires of children involved in semi-structured, Piagetian interviews carried out to check their understanding of dynamic astronomical concepts like daytime and night-time. It focused on the switching taking place between embedded and disembedded thinking; on the imagery which…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Principles, Semi Structured Interviews
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Hayes, Aneta L.; Mansour, Nasser – Research in Science Education, 2017
Changes in the cultural and linguistic environments of learners are often associated with identity shifts. The aim of this study was to explore what identity shifts occur when science students from Bahraini national schools transition to an international university. The role of two aspects of learner identity--that is, English proficiency and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Science Education
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Maeng, Jennifer L. – Research in Science Education, 2017
This qualitative investigation explored the beliefs and practices of one secondary science teacher, Diane, who differentiated instruction and studied how technology facilitated her differentiation. Diane was selected based on the results of a previous study, in which data indicated that Diane understood how to design and implement proactively…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Individualized Instruction, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
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Tseng, Chung-Hsien; Tuan, Hsiao-Lin; Chin, Chi-Chin – Research in Science Education, 2013
This study has two purposes: the first is to explore experienced science teachers' perspectives on inquiry teaching, and the second is to categorize these perspectives into patterns. Fifteen junior high school science teachers experienced at inquiry teaching were selected, and a semi-structured interview was conducted to collect the teachers'…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Instruction, Science Teachers
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Danielsson, Anna T.; Warwick, Paul – Research in Science Education, 2014
In the broadest sense, the goal for primary science teacher education could be described as preparing these teachers to teach for scientific literacy. Our starting point is that making such science teaching accessible and desirable for future primary science teachers is dependent not only on their science knowledge and self-confidence, but also on…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Primary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Science
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Wan, Zhi Hong; Wong, Siu Ling; Wei, Bing; Zhan, Ying – Research in Science Education, 2013
Drawing from the phenomenographic perspective, an exploratory study investigated Chinese teacher educators' conceptions of teaching Nature of Science (NOS) to pre-service science teachers through semi-structured interviews. Five key dimensions emerged from the data. This paper focuses on the dimension, "NOS content to be taught to pre-service…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Larsson, Caroline; Tibell, Lena A. – Research in Science Education, 2015
A well-ordered biological complex can be formed by the random motion of its components, i.e. self-assemble. This is a concept that incorporates issues that may contradict students' everyday experiences and intuitions. In previous studies, we have shown that a tangible model of virus self-assembly, used in a group exercise, helps students to grasp…
Descriptors: Science Education, Biology, Scientific Concepts, Molecular Structure
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Marulcu, Ismail; Barnett, Mike – Research in Science Education, 2013
This study is part of a 5-year National Science Foundation-funded project, Transforming Elementary Science Learning Through LEGO™ Engineering Design. In this study, we report on the successes and challenges of implementing an engineering design-based and LEGO™-oriented unit in an urban classroom setting and we focus on the impact of the unit on…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Engineering, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
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Witzig, Stephen B.; Freyermuth, Sharyn K.; Siegel, Marcelle A.; Izci, Kemal; Pires, J. Chris – Research in Science Education, 2013
We are involved in a project to incorporate innovative assessments within a reform-based large-lecture biochemistry course for nonmajors. We not only assessed misconceptions but purposefully changed instruction throughout the semester to confront student ideas. Our research questions targeted student conceptions of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)…
Descriptors: Genetics, Science Instruction, Biochemistry, Nonmajors
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Smith, Greg – Research in Science Education, 2015
This study investigates the relationship, if any, between teacher participation in a targeted professional development programme and changes in participants' instructional practice and their pupils' attitudes to learning primary science. The programme took place over a 2-year period in 15 small rural schools in the West of Ireland. Data sources…
Descriptors: Correlation, Teacher Participation, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods
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Leinonen, Risto; Asikainen, Mervi A.; Hirvonen, Pekka E. – Research in Science Education, 2012
This study focuses on second-year university students' explanations and reasoning related to adiabatic compression of an ideal gas. The phenomenon was new to the students, but it was one which they should have been capable of explaining using their previous upper secondary school knowledge. The students' explanations and reasoning were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semi Structured Interviews, Thermodynamics, College Students
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