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Idsardi, Robert C.; Luft, Julie A.; Wingfield, Jenna L.; Whitt, Blake; Barriga, Paola A.; Lang, Jason D. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
Supporting changes in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instruction requires an understanding of the relationship between STEM instructors' conceptions and practices. In this study, the authors used the Teacher-Centered Systematic Reform (TCSR) model as a framework to understand how instructors' conceptions are…
Descriptors: STEM Education, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Change
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Jaber, Lama Z.; Dini, Vesal; Hammer, David – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2022
While research shows that responsive teaching fosters students' disciplinary learning and equitable opportunities for participation, there is yet much to know about how teachers come to be responsive to their students' experiences in the science classroom. In this work, we set out to examine whether and how engaging teachers as learners in doing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Empathy, Equal Education, Online Courses
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Sage Andersen; María González-Howard; Karina Méndez Pérez – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
This study explored a middle school science teacher's curricular sensemaking in interaction with their use of an educative storyline curriculum, aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards, that was intentionally designed for more opportunities for students' scientific sensemaking. Using a phenomenological case study methodology, we examined…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Curriculum Implementation, Science Curriculum
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Verena Petermann; Andreas Vorholzer; Claudia von Aufschnaiter – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
Science teachers' beliefs about teaching and learning are a vital component of teachers' professional competence and are often assumed to impact classroom practice. To date, these beliefs have been predominantly investigated regarding teaching and learning in general or for a particular science subject (e.g., physics). It remains to be determined…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Science Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Ayodele Abosede Ogegbo; Umesh Ramnarain; Joseph Krajcik – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
Inquiry-Based Teaching Practice (IBTP) is an essential component of science education, and promoting its implementation is at the heart of various reform efforts. Even though science teachers regard IBTP as an essential pedagogical method, they rarely use it for various reasons. This study utilizes Bronfenbrenner's ecological framework to examine…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Inquiry
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van Aalderen-Smeets, Sandra I.; van der Molen, Juliette H. Walma – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2015
This article provides a description of a novel, attitude-focused, professional development intervention, and presents the results of an experimental pretest-posttest control group study investigating the effects of this intervention on primary teachers' personal attitudes toward science, attitudes toward teaching science, and their science…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Faculty Development