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Download full textNikolaos Kyriazis; Georgios Stylos; Konstantinos T. Kotsis – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2025
This study investigates the influence of inquiry-based laboratory activities on the understanding of heat concepts and the self-efficacy beliefs of pre-service primary teachers. Recognizing that both scientific literacy and teaching efficacy are critical for effective science education, this research aims to determine how inquiry-based laboratory…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Heat, Science Laboratories, Scientific Concepts
Direct linkDan Ye; Svoboda Pennisi; Leynar Leyton Naranjo – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background: With the rapid proliferation of online education, it is incumbent upon teachers to find ways to provide online students with science laboratory experiences. Existing research on online labs focuses heavily on computer-supported inquiry learning environments, such as virtual laboratories and remote laboratories. There are limited…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Science Experiments, Science Laboratories, Home Programs
Stanga, John P.; Nash, Troy R.; Pannell, Megan D. – American Biology Teacher, 2023
Concepts relating to enzymes and energy are central to understanding chemical and biological processes at the molecular level. Student learning of these crosscutting concepts can be challenging, so it is important to identify misconceptions and remediate them early, especially in introductory classes. Here we describe an activity in which…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Kinetics, Thermodynamics, Biology
Julie A. Merkle; Olivier Devergne; Seth M. Kelly; Paula A. Croonquist; Cory J. Evans; Melanie A. Hwalek; Victoria L. Straub; Danielle R. Hamill; Alexandra Peister; David P. Puthoff; Ken J. Saville; Jamie L. Siders; Zully J. Villanueva Gonzalez; Jacqueline K. Wittke-Thompson; Kayla L. Bieser; Joyce Stamm; Alysia D. Vrailas-Mortimer; Jacob D. Kagey – Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 2023
The Fly-CURE is a genetics-focused multi-institutional Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) that provides undergraduate students with hands-on research experiences within a course. Through the Fly-CURE, undergraduate students at diverse types of higher education institutions across the United States map and characterize novel…
Descriptors: Student Research, Undergraduate Students, Hands on Science, Genetics
Nausheen W. Sadiq; Tabussom Qureshi – Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2024
The scope of this preliminary study revolves around investigating the effectiveness of experiential learning in upper-year science laboratory courses in a post-pandemic era. In this study we have explored two key questions: 1. Can experiential learning facilitate independent inquiry in an upper-year undergraduate laboratory in a post-pandemic era?…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Laboratories, Undergraduate Students, College Science
Alexandr Nikitin; Petr Kácovský; Marie Snetinová; Martin Chvál; Jitka Houfková; Zdenka Koupilová – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
In this quantitative study, we explored learners' intrinsic motivation towards three different experimental physics educational activities offered by our department to upper-grade high school students. The inspected activities were lecture demonstrations, a science show, and hands-on practical work. The respondents were Czech high school students…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Physics, High School Students, Demonstrations (Educational)
Maia Masamoto; Courtney Stevens; Lucas Ettinger – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2024
Despite attempts to diversify healthcare workplaces and education, racial and ethnic minorities (REM) remain underrepresented in these fields. This study investigated changes in high school students' health science interest following a single exposure, hands-on anatomy laboratory visit. One hundred and eighty-eight high school students…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Health Sciences, Attitude Change
Mojica, Elmer-Rico E.; Upmacis, Rita K. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
The unforeseen COVID-19 pandemic forced educational institutions to shift to a remote or distance-learning mode. As a result, classes were offered online, and this shift in teaching modality presented great challenges, especially in teaching laboratory courses. While several options are available, we evaluated the use of (i) videos of lab…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Chemistry, Science Laboratories, COVID-19
McDaniel, Kerrie – HAPS Educator, 2023
A traditional anatomy lab using microscope slides to examine the structures of the integumentary system was enhanced to increase connections to the real world, student engagement, and interest in the topic by adding a forensic storyline where students examined structures of the integument in order to "solve the crime". Student…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Anatomy, Learner Engagement, Story Telling
Hilal Coskun Karabulut; Naime Elcan kaynak; Ishak Afsin Kariper – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2024
This paper examines the findings obtained in a chemistry laboratory course provided through online hands-on activities during the pandemic. Case study design, one of the qualitative research methods, was used. The data collection period was 8 weeks. The study was carried out with 16 third-year pre-service science teachers within the scope of a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Learner Engagement, STEM Education, Hands on Science
Barton, Callie; Gasaway, Katherine Clohan; Islam, Rejaul; Aziz, Tarfi; Krewall, Jessica; Punthrangkul, Devon; Willian, Kyle R. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
This paper describes the development of a fully remote upper-class biochemistry lab course. The sudden change to online teaching in the middle of spring semester 2020 had a primarily negative impact on laboratory teaching. These effects were mitigated because the students had done many of the basic hands-on procedures before the switch. A true…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Biochemistry, Science Instruction, Online Courses
Carlee A. Montgomery; Julie M. Goll – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Written examinations for laboratory courses fall short in testing students' technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and execution of experimental design. This has led to practical examinations growing in popularity, but examples for senior-level students remain scarce. Senior organic chemistry students are gearing toward independence to…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Organic Chemistry, College Seniors, Science Laboratories
Kácovský, Petr; Snetinová, M.; Chvál, M.; Houfková, J.; Koupilová, Z. – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
In this study, we focused on students' intrinsic motivation towards practical work, more specifically the strength of predictors for intrinsic motivation. As a research tool, we used a modified Intrinsic Motivation Inventory supplemented by additional questions on attitudes towards physics. The respondents were more than 2000 Czech upper secondary…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Motivation, Physics, Science Instruction
Duerden, Amanda; Moon, Nicole; Grubbs, G. S., II – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Few laboratory exercises exist that introduce undergraduate students to both the concepts and instrumentation used in rotational spectroscopy. Because of this gap in undergraduate laboratory training, a teaching laboratory for the pure rotational spectroscopy of benzonitrile has been developed and reported. Owing to benzonitrile's recent discovery…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Laboratory Equipment, Spectroscopy, Astronomy
Xiang, Lin; Srinivasan, Madhusudan – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023
Integrating authentic research practices into introductory laboratory courses to prepare tomorrow's scientists has become increasingly prevalent over the past decade. However, an incomplete understanding of the nature of science (NOS) and authentic scientific inquiry (SI) precludes higher-level learning in undergraduate research experiences. In…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Scientific Principles, Science Laboratories, Large Group Instruction
