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Direct linkKizkapan, Oktay; Bektas, Oktay – International Journal of Science Education, 2021
This study has two aims. The first is to determine the effect of argumentation and epistemologically enriched argumentation on academic achievement. The second is to determine students' opinions about the effect of the integration of argumentation and epistemologically enriched argumentation into the teaching process on academic achievement. In…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Grade 7, Science Curriculum, Comparative Analysis
Alvunger, Daniel – Curriculum Journal, 2021
This paper explores the knowledge conceptions in teachers' curriculum making within a classroom perspective through a lens of social realist theory. Curriculum making is conceptualised as a process that occurs between students, teachers, knowledge content and contextual factors, in which teachers must balance various priorities and knowledge…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Science Curriculum, Natural Sciences, Classroom Environment
Salimpour, Saeed; Bartlett, Sophie; Fitzgerald, Michael T.; McKinnon, David H.; Cutts, K. Ross; James, C. Renee; Miller, Scott; Danaia, Lena; Hollow, Robert P.; Cabezon, Sergio; Faye, Michel; Tomita, Akihiko; Max, Charles; de Korte, Michael; Baudouin, Cyrille; Birkenbauma, Daina; Kallery, Maria; Anjos, Sara; Wu, Qixuan; Chu, Hye-eun; Slater, Eileen; Ortiz-Gil, Amelia – Research in Science Education, 2021
Astronomy is considered by many to be a gateway science owing to its ability to inspire curiosity in everyone irrespective of age, culture, or general inclination towards science. Currently, where there is a global push to get more students engaged in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, astronomy provides an invaluable conduit to…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies, Science Curriculum
Download full textCheng, Xiaoqiao – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2021
This article provides commentary on "Investigating the Impact of Literacy-infused Science Intervention on Economically Challenged Students' Science Achievement: A Case Study from a Rural District in Texas" (EJ1306217) which is about the impact of educational interventions on the scientific and academic achievements of students from…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Low Income Students, Science Achievement, Science Instruction
Kizkapan, Oktay; Bektas, Oktay – Pedagogical Research, 2021
This study aims to investigate the effect of Toulmin argumentation model (TAM), epistemologically enriched Toulmin argumentation model (EETAM), and method suggested in Turkish Science Curricula on the epistemological beliefs of 7th grade students and their views on this effect. In this context, while the students in TAM group learned seventh grade…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 7, Epistemology, Beliefs
Halilovic, Asila; Mešic, Vanes; Hasovic, Elvedin; Dervic, Dževdeta – European Educational Researcher, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of the conventional high school instruction about conservation of mechanical energy in Canton Sarajevo. To that end we tested 441 high school students from six different schools in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) for their competence to apply the law of conservation of mechanical energy.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Science Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Nicole C. Kymissis – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this interpretative phenomenological analysis study was to understand the perspectives of Massachusetts biology teachers and discover if the 2016 changes to the Massachusetts Science, Technology, and Engineering (STE) Curriculum Frameworks impacted their instructional practices and pedagogy. Concentrating on the consequences of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Biology, Educational Policy, Science Teachers
Teane, Florah Moleko – South African Journal of Education, 2023
The purpose of the study reported on here was to investigate the role of partnerships in helping in-service teachers overcome the difficulties associated with performing practical work prescribed in the Life Sciences Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS), an educational policy intended to transform the South African school curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Westbrook, Anne L.; Adams, Catrina T.; Taylor, Joseph A. – American Biology Teacher, 2023
A feature of student--teacher--scientist partnerships (STSPs) involves students working with scientists for the purpose of helping them learn more about how scientists work and think. Previous research on STSPs has generally focused on identifying the best practices of partnerships and on identifying challenges of these partnerships. The study…
Descriptors: Scientists, Biology, Science Instruction, Partnerships in Education
Nanette Marcum-Dietrich; Cynthia Stunkard; Zachary Krauss; Steve Kerlin; Carolyn Staudt; Tara Muenz; David Kline – Science Educator, 2022
This exploratory study examines how a team of three seventh grade teachers from a rural/suburban middle school in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States adapted the WATERS curriculum for asynchronous online delivery. The study shows that many hurdles can be mitigated with intentional planning, dedicated resources, and professional…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Secondary School Curriculum, Science Curriculum, Middle School Teachers
Vojír, Karel; Rusek, Martin – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
The number of science education research papers has been rapidly rising in recent years. This number has been particularly influenced by researchers from non-English speaking countries who contribute to the field. With this number of papers, literature reviews gain in importance as they help researchers more easily orient themselves in problem…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Textbooks, Science Education, Researchers
Avci, Filiz; Kirbaslar, Fatma Gülay; Sesen, Burcin Acar – South African Journal of Education, 2019
In this study we aimed to analyse the effects of the Instructional Curriculum based on Cooperative Learning (ICBCL) prepared for the subjects, the orders of electrons and chemical properties, chemical bonds, compounds and their formulas, and mixtures on 7th grade learners' learning achievements, motivations to learn science, and their attitudes…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Grade 7
Summers, Ryan; Alameh, Sahar; Brunner, Jeanne; Maddux, John M.; Wallon, Robert C.; Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
This study evaluated the representations of nature of science (NOS) in U.S. state science standards, and examined the changes in these representations from documents advanced in the 1980s through 2016. Drawing from the consensus perspective on NOS and prior studies focusing on the analysis of textual content, documents were inspected for 10 target…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Education, Educational History, Scientific Methodology
Lu, Congcong; Zhang, Yonghe; Zhou, Chunhui; Jiao, Jianbin; Wu, Yirong – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2019
The integration of scientific research and education is to blend harmoniously two missions of knowledge innovation and talents training, to link closely two tasks of new knowledge discovery and cultural inheritance, and to unify effectively two working modes of science and education. This is of great significance not only to improve teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Study, Graduate Students, Science Education
Bati, Kaan – Critical Questions in Education, 2019
In recent years, the trend in science education is toward scientific processes rather than scientific knowledge. An effective science education not only requires the active involvement of students in scientific investigations, but also the development of engagement in discussions about scientific and social issues. To develop students' discussion…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Curriculum, Persuasive Discourse, Foreign Countries
