NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 17 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Alex T. St. Louis; Hayat Hokayem – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023
This qualitative study compares the views about nature of science (NOS) between students enrolled in a traditional lecture and laboratory course and students in an inquiry-based class to the view of the scientists who taught the course. We administered the Views of Nature of Science Form C (VNOS-C) to identify students' views after partaking in…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Student Attitudes, Lecture Method, Science Laboratories
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sarah Ritter; Liza Abraham – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
This project introduces green chemistry to the undergraduate laboratory through two pedagogical techniques: undergraduate research and guided-inquiry. Through these two learning activities, an efficient synthetic procedure for the PRINS cyclization of citronellal into isopulegol, focused on minimizing negative environmental impact, was developed.…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
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
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Stefanidou, C.; Psoma, V.; Skordoulis, C. – Physics Education, 2020
In this paper, the inclusion of history and philosophy of science in science teaching is proposed with the goal of depicting pre-service primary teachers' perception of the role of historical experiments in learning science and the nature of science. In order to achieve this, a teaching-learning sequence was designed and conducted in the context…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Physics, Preservice Teachers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mesci, Günkut; Çavus-Güngören, Seda; Yesildag-Hasancebi, Funda – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine how pre-service science teachers develop their understandings of nature of scientific inquiry during the science laboratory course with preparing 5E based lesson plans, and how they transfer those understandings into their teaching practices. All data were collected and analysed qualitatively by using the…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Video Technology, Lesson Plans
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tirre, Frederike; Kampschulte, Lorenz; Thoma, Gun-Brit; Höffler, Tim; Parchmann, Ilka – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2019
Background: This article describes the design and the evaluation of a student lab program on the topic of nanoscience and technology (NST), mainly focusing on Nanoscience and its applications. The program was designed for students in grades 8-10 and was part of a larger outreach program of the Collaborative Research Center 'Function by Switching'…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Design, Science Laboratories, Intervention
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Doucette, Danny; Clark, Russell; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
At universities where introductory physics labs are taught by graduate student teaching assistants (TAs), there is a need for specialized professional development for those TAs. This paper presents a specific instantiation of a model for lab TA professional development that uses a combination of cognitive apprenticeship and expectancy-value…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teaching Assistants, Physics, Science Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Lau, Kwok-chi – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2017
The study evaluated the effectiveness of using short, school lab investigations to teach about the nature of science (NOS). A manipulated lab inquiry approach was used, which modified the investigations in ways that students were compelled to experience certain NOS aspects. An investigation about apple browning was used to teach about the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Scientific Principles, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ozgelen, Sinan; Yilmaz-Tuzun, Ozgul; Hanuscin, Deborah L. – Research in Science Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of the inquiry-based and explicit-reflective laboratory instruction on preservice science teachers' (PSTs) conceptions of the nature of science (NOS) aspects. This study was carried out during the Laboratory Application in Science II course. All 52 preservice elementary science teachers…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Questionnaires, Elementary School Science
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bautista, Nazan Uludag; Schussler, Elisabeth E.; Rybczynski, Stephen M. – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
Science education reform documents identify nature of science (NOS) as a critical component of scientific literacy and call for universities, colleges, and K-12 schools to explicitly integrate NOS learning into science curricula. In response to these calls, this study investigated the classroom practices of nine graduate assistants (GAs) who…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Graduate Students, Teaching Experience, Science Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Moeed, Azra – School Science Review, 2011
Science education research can be categorised into three broad dimensions: knowing science, doing of science and learning about the nature of science. The concerns, doubts and relative importance of each of these aspects in relation to students' learning are debated in the literature. The findings of the empirical research carried out in New…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Scientific Principles, Foreign Countries, Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Yacoubian, Hagop A.; BouJaoude, Saouma – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
This research investigated the effect of reflective discussions following inquiry-based laboratory activities on students' views of the tentative, empirical, subjective, and social aspects of nature of science (NOS). Thirty-eight grade six students from a Lebanese school participated in the study. The study used a pretest-posttest control-group…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Principles
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Plomer, Michael; Jessen, Karsten; Rangelov, Georgi; Meyer, Michael – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2010
The learning outcome of a physics laboratory course for medical students was examined in an interdisciplinary field study and discussed for the electrical physiology ("Propagation of Excitation and Nerve Cells"). At the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU) at a time about 300 medicine students were assessed in two successive…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Scientific Principles, Concept Mapping, Medical Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Busch, Hauke C. – Physics Teacher, 2010
A traditional physical science course was transformed into an environmental physical science course to teach physics to non-science majors. The objective of the new course was to improve the learning of basic physics principles by applying them to current issues of interest. A new curriculum was developed with new labs, homework assignments,…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Homework, Physics, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Ketpichainarong, Watcharee; Panijpan, Bhinyo; Ruenwongsa, Pintip – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2010
This study explored the effectiveness of an inquiry-based cellulase laboratory unit in promoting inquiry in undergraduate students in biotechnology. The following tools were used to assess the students' achievements and attitude: conceptual understanding test, concept mapping, students' documents, CLES questionnaire, students' self reflection, and…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Undergraduate Students, Test Results, Science Laboratories
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2