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Pourdavood, Ronald G. – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2016
This qualitative and descriptive study examines the evolution of secondary preservice teachers' views on teaching and learning mathematics and science in historical and cultural contexts. Data were collected throughout participants' enrollment in a semester-long course entitled, Perspectives on Science and Mathematics, which is taken in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, Cultural Context, Historical Interpretation
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Swanson, Lauren Honeycutt; Bianchini, Julie A.; Lee, Jin Sook – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2014
This study documents how an urban high school science teacher engaged her English Language Learners (ELLs) in the discourse-intensive science and engineering practices of (1) arguing from evidence and (2) obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information. The teacher taught an introductory integrated science course to classes with a large…
Descriptors: High Schools, Urban Schools, Science Education, Science Teachers
Farren, Sean – 1984
A review of several classroom observation and survey studies of comprehension instruction, content area reading for homework, and aspects of reading assignments raises the question of whether enough is being done in Irish schools to develop critical reading competency. It appears from these studies that many students are being left to their own…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education