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Direct linkSalimpour, 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
Wade-Jaimes, Katherine; King, Natalie S.; Schwartz, Reneé – Science Education, 2021
Building on previous research that has described the underrepresentation of women of color in science fields, this paper presents case studies of Black middle school girls to examine how their science identities developed over space and time. Data were collected over the course of their seventh-grade year in both in school (science classroom) and…
Descriptors: African American Students, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Females
Jones, M. Gail; Ennes, Megan; Weedfall, Drew; Chesnutt, Katherine; Cayton, Emily – Research in Science Education, 2021
There is growing evidence that science capital (science-related forms of social and cultural capital) and family habitus (dispositions for science) influence STEM career decisions by youth. This study presents reliability and validity evidence for a survey of factors that influence career aspirations in science. Psychometric properties of the…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Sciences, Social Capital, Cultural Capital
Iwuanyanwu, Paul Nnanyereugo – School Science and Mathematics, 2022
The question of whether single-sex or co-ed schooling has any impact on students' attitudes toward science is highly contested and warrants research from all corners of the world. This study adds to our current knowledge by investigating different attitudinal indices of Grade 9 science students (N = 356, M[subscript age] = 14.5 years) in…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Single Sex Schools, Coeducation, Student Attitudes
Ferguson, Sarah L.; Hull, Darrell M. – Journal of Career Development, 2019
The present study evaluates high school juniors and seniors (n = 295) to explore their preference for science as indicated by science motivation, attitude, academic experience, and interest. Latent profile analysis was used to model profiles of preferences for science with a person-centered approach. Then, the impact of self-concept variables was…
Descriptors: High School Students, Science Careers, Science Interests, Career Choice
Summers, Ryan; Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
The present study examined students' attitudes toward science and associated constructs, based on the theories of reasoned action and planned behavior, and explored relationships between individual and school-related variables common to the research literature. Responses from 1,291 students in Grades 5 through 10 were collected using the 30-item…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes
Lei, Ryan F.; Green, Emily R.; Leslie, Sarah-Jane; Rhodes, Marjorie – Developmental Science, 2019
Over the course of middle childhood, children's interest and beliefs about their own capacities for success in science often decline. This pernicious decline is especially evident among underrepresented groups, including girls, members of some racial and ethnic minorities, and children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. The present research…
Descriptors: Children, Self Efficacy, Scientists, Vocational Interests
Download full textAllen, Kathleen – NAMTA Journal, 2018
Kathleen Allen's reverence for the stories of women naturalists spanning from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries, and their parallel scientific interest in the documentation of life cycles through art and narratives, gives support to the child in history and nature that is so central to Montessori formal research and discipline. The…
Descriptors: Females, Environment, Scientists, History
Staus, Nancy L.; Falk, John H.; Penuel, William; Dierking, Lynn; Wyld, Jennifer; Bailey, Deborah – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
To better understand STEM interest development during adolescence in an urban community, we examined how "STEM Interested" youth differed from disinterested youth and how interest changed over time from age 11/12 to 12/13. We surveyed youth to measure interest in four components of STEM, used cluster analysis to categorize youth based on…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, STEM Education, Adolescents, Gender Differences
Pekdag, Bülent; Azizoglu, Nursen – Research in Science Education, 2020
This study examines the effect of history-based instruction on the topic of the atom on students' academic achievement and their interest in the history of science, investigating as well the relationship between student interest and academic achievement. The sample of the study consisted of two groups of freshman students from an undergraduate…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Science History, Nuclear Physics, Academic Achievement
'Don't Know Much about a Science Book': Do Children and Young Teens Read Science Books for Pleasure?
Jarman, Ruth; Alexander, Joy – School Science Review, 2020
Surprisingly little has been written in school-related science education literature about reading for pleasure. This article reports the findings of a survey exploring free-choice science book reading habits of children and young teens. In the survey, over 300 children aged 8--14 completed a written questionnaire. The results showed that most did…
Descriptors: Recreational Reading, Science Materials, Reading Materials, Children
Hayes, Meredith L.; Smith, P. Sean; Midden, W. Robert – Horizon Research, Inc., 2020
Science instruction reform efforts call for increased opportunities for students to engage with science content and practices. School-based citizen science (CS), when implemented well, addresses this call and provides a meaningful context for student learning. Despite CS projects' increasing role in formal science instruction, research on the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Teaching Methods, Student Participation
van der Hoeven Kraft, Katrien J. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2017
Interest is a complex interplay between affective and cognitive components that drive motivation. Over decades of work in the educational psychology community, a theoretical framework has emerged that explains this complex interplay. Interest is initially externally triggered (triggered situational interest), which, through support, can become…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Instruction, Science Interests, Teaching Methods
Haynes, Michele; Brown, Alinta; Nichols, Kim; Parveen Musofer, Reshma – International Journal of Science Education, 2023
An inquiry approach to learning can have a positive impact on students' attitudes to science and their science literacy skills; two attributes that have been in steady decline internationally. The professional development of teachers in inquiry science is one way to ensure that teachers are equipped with effective strategies to teach science,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Inquiry, Active Learning
Abha Verma; Mehnaaz F. Ali – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
The current study describes preliminary findings from the Xavier University of Louisiana Mobile Outreach for Laboratory Enrichment (XULA-MOLE) project, which is a collaboration between Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA), a Historically Black and Catholic University, and participating 9th-12th grade classrooms in the central New Orleans area…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Minority Group Students, Secondary School Students, Instructional Design
