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Download full textSerttas, Seçil; Türkoglu, Ayse Yenilmez – Participatory Educational Research, 2020
The purpose of the study was to diagnose students' misconceptions of a number of basic astronomy concepts, namely, the Universe, the Sun, Comets and Constellations. The study was designed as a mixed method research and the sample was composed of a total of 110 seventh grade students. Data were collected through concept cartoons and interviews. In…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Misconceptions, Scientific Concepts, Cartoons
Direct linkLidar, Malena; Lundqvist, Eva; Ryder, Jim; Östman, Leif – Research in Science Education, 2020
In Sweden, a new curriculum and new methods of assessment (grading of students and national tests) in science education were introduced in grade 6 in 2012/2013. We have investigated what implications these reforms have for teachers' teaching and assessment practices in order to explore the question of how teachers transform their teaching habits…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grading, National Competency Tests, Science Tests
Long, Christopher S.; Fraser, Barry J.; Sinclair, Becky – Learning Environments Research, 2020
For a sample of 367 middle-school students in the USA, learning environment criteria were used to evaluate two alternative science curriculum sequences (generalised/integrated and topic-based) and to investigate the differential effectiveness of the alternative sequences for two different ethnic groups (Caucasian and Hispanic). The six scales used…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Science Curriculum, Sequential Learning
Guffey, Sarah K.; Slater, Timothy F. – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
In the past few decades, scientific and educational entities in the United States have repeatedly expended considerable fiscal and human resources in an effort to establish contemporary education standards, curriculum frameworks, and assessment tools. These efforts are intended to reform the quantity and quality of K-16 Earth science education…
Descriptors: Geology, Misconceptions, Academic Standards, Educational Change
Baiq Fatmawati; M. Marzuki; Fenny Roshayanti; Purwati Kuswarini Suprapto – Journal of Biological Education Indonesia (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), 2024
"Kurikulum Merdeka" is a learning experience framework that offers flexibility and focuses on essential content, character development, and students' competencies. Teachers had the discretion to develop their modules to choose, design, and organize the learning contents for students, based on their needs. By using that module, there is…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Problem Solving, Problem Based Learning, Biology
Won, A-Rang; Choi, Su-Yeon; Chu, Hye-Eun; Cha, Hyun-Jung; Shin, Hyeonjeong; Kim, Chan-Jong – Asia-Pacific Science Education, 2021
Teachers do not simply deliver a set curriculum, but carry out classes based on practical knowledge, including their values, beliefs, and experiences. Therefore, it is meaningful to investigate the practical knowledge of teaching among teachers in terms of orientation, structure, and content in order to understand the teacher's knowledge,…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science and Society, STEM Education, Art Education
You, Hye Sun; Chacko, Sonia Mary; Kapila, Vikram – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2021
This study describes a professional development (PD) program designed to support middle school teachers in effectively integrating robotics in science and mathematics classrooms. The PD program encouraged the teachers to develop their own science and mathematics lessons, aligned with national standards, infused with robotic activities. A…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Technology Integration, Robotics
Kizkapan, 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
Cheng, 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
