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Buck, Gayle A.; Trauth-Nare, Amy; Kaftan, Juliann – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
The purpose of this pragmatic action research study was to explore our re-conceptualization efforts in preparing pre-service teachers to guide the inquiry process with formative assessment and subsequently use the understandings to improve our teacher preparation program. The process was guided by two questions: to what extent did course…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Action Research
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McDonald, Christine V. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
There exists a general consensus in the science education literature around the goal of enhancing learners' views of nature of science (NOS). An extensive body of research in the field has highlighted the effectiveness of explicit NOS instructional approaches in improving learners' NOS views. Emerging research has suggested that engaging learners…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Scientific Principles, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education
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Sadeh, Irit; Zion, Michal – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
Dynamic inquiry learning emphasizes aspects of change, intellectual flexibility, and critical thinking. Dynamic inquiry learning is characterized by the following criteria: learning as a process, changes during the inquiry, procedural understanding, and affective points of view. This study compared the influence of open versus guided inquiry…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Criteria, Biology, Decision Making
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Ruiz-Primo, Maria Araceli; Li, Min; Tsai, Shin-Ping; Schneider, Julie – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
In this study, we analyzed the quality of students' written scientific explanations found in notebooks and explored the link between the quality of the explanations and students' learning. We propose an approach to systematically analyzing and scoring the quality of students' explanations based on three components: claim, evidence to support it,…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Multiple Choice Tests, Science Instruction, Thinking Skills
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Pozzer, Lilian Leivas; Roth, Wolff-Michael – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2003
Photographs are a major aspect of high school science textbooks, which dominate classroom approaches to teaching and learning. It is thus surprising that the function of photographs and their relation to captions and texts have not been the topic of analysis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence, function, and structure of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Incidence, Biology, Textbooks
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de Berg, Kevin C.; Treagust, David F. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1993
The presentation of gas properties in terms of the qualitative-quantitative mode and gas law sequence is examined by analysis of 14 chemistry textbooks used in Australia and on questionnaires concerning teaching approaches by 104 teachers. Findings indicate that teaching involves minimal use of qualitative relationships of the gas laws and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Content Analysis, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Leonard, William H. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1987
Reports on a study to determine the effects of the presentation of questions inserted into texts for students in introductory biology. Results indicated that students reading the text with questions at the beginning of the paragraph scored significantly higher on achievement tests than the students reading without questions. (TW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, College Science, Concept Formation