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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"High School Science Teachers"”.
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ZAMBIAN PRE-SERVICE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS' CHEMICAL REASONING AND ABILITY
… of this study was two-fold: examine junior high school pre-service science teachers' chemical reasoning; and establish the extent to which the pre-service science teachers' chemical abilities explain their chemical reasoning. A sample comprised 165 junior high school pre-service science …
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Using Writing-To-Learn Strategies: Promoting Peer Collaboration Among High School Science Teachers
… (Poirrier, 1997c). Less is known about how teachers come to use these strategies in every day instruction. This study is a description of the experiences of one science teacher at a large suburban high school who shared writing-to-learn strategies with his department to promote the use of …
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Forestry Education Attitudes and Teaching Practices Among High School Science Teachers in the Southern Piedmont
Forestry education in high schools can be an effective method for introducing students to forest management. To study its use and purpose, we conducted a web-based survey of high school science teachers in the Southern Piedmont region of the United States investigating their forestry education …
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The academic preparation of junior high school science teachers in Kansas for the year 1971-1972
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Examining Perceptions of High School Science Teachers Regarding the Participation and Outcomes of African American Girls in Advanced Science Courses
… positions with a strong foundation in advanced science courses. The current study focused on the unknown relationship between science teachers, advanced science courses, and African American girls participating in advanced science courses. Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Black Feminist Thought …
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Teacher Perceptions of Teaching Science Using the 5E Instructional Model
<p>Changes made to science education on the national level caused many changes for state education systems. In the state of Georgia, science education instructional leaders also saw the need for a change in the way science needed to be taught to students. Due to the need to improve science teaching …
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Science Georgia Standards of Excellence in Southwest Georgia: A Mixed Method Study of Science Teachers' Perceptions of Science and Engineering Practices and Administrative Support
<p>With the publication of A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas (National Research Council, 2012), the dominant instructional approach for science education in the United States changed from teaching science as a process of inquiry to teaching …
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Massachusetts High School Teachers’ Perceptions Of Transitions In Teaching And Assessment Related To The Next Generation Science Standards
<p>The experiences and perceptions of high school science teachers with the transitions in teaching and assessment related to the adoption of the 2016 Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Framework based on the Next Generation Science Standards were studied in this interpretative …
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Minority Middle and High School Students' Interest in Science: An Exploration of Teachers' Perceptions
<p>A high school teacher conducted a study about minority middle and high school students’ interest in science. The problem was to find out why African American and Hispanic students were showing very little interest in science. The researcher used four middle school science teachers and nine high …
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Effect of Jason Multimedia Science Curriculum on Developing Science Content Vocabulary of English Learners
<p>English Learners (EL) need science vocabulary to succeed academically. Elementary schools focus on reading instruction and middle and high school science teachers are generally not prepared to teach English vocabulary and language skills, so EL are left at a disadvantage.</p> <p>The purpose of …
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Reframing teachers' conceptions of assessment and data use
Teachers’ use of assessment data for instructional decision making is one of several essential components of data-driven decision making (DDDM) as a reform strategy to improve teaching and learning. This thesis explores three different issues related to the use of assessment data for instructional …
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Exploring Science Teacher's Concerns and Self-Efficacy Toward Implementing Engineering Practices in Science Education
Exploring Science Teacher's Concerns and Self-Efficacy Toward Implementing Engineering Practices in Science Education Angela Sanders Morris Scholarly Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the levels of concern and self-efficacy held by Virginia secondary science teachers regarding the …
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Entrepreneurial teaching in creating third spaces for experiential learning: a case study of two science teachers in low-income settings
This three-year study focuses on two high school science teachers who created active learning opportunities that invite students to go beyond the textbooks and did so within low-income settings. The first case centered on Faith Cumberland, a teacher who created summer science camps and science road …
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Science Teachers' Understanding and Use of Instructional Strategies Within the 4 x 4 Block Schedule
… purpose of this research was to investigate how science teachers engaged students under the 4 x 4 block schedule and how the teachers' understanding of how they used instructional strategies influenced their lessons. As an inquiry-based approach has been adopted by the National Science Standards, …
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The classroom implementation of indigenous knowledge in the science curriculum by science teachers in the Western Cape province, South Africa
… National Curriculum Statement (RNCS) for Natural Science (Department of Education, 2002), the National Curriculum Statement (NCS) for Life Science (Department of Education, 2003), and the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) for Natural Science and Life Science (Department of …
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Science Teachers Teaching Socioscientific Issues (Ssi): Four Case Studies
… the social, ethical, and moral aspects of science in society. The need for the inclusion of SSI into science curricula has been generally accepted, but relatively few science teachers have incorporated SSI into their courses. Most science teachers feel that their most important task by far …
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Investigating the Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Georgia 6-12 Science Teachers in Relation to Conservation of Mass
… of Matter is a crosscutting concept in science that has implications for all disciplines of science. Conservation of Matter concepts are interwoven into all middle school and high school science courses both within the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Georgia Standards of …
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Science Research Literacy Through Immersive Professional Development in Biomedical Research
High school science teachers require increased skills in science research literacy, so that their students develop research competencies in the classroom (Evans, Warning, & Christodoulou, 2017; Udompong, Traiwichitkhun, & Wongwanich, 2014). For teachers to promote a scientific atmosphere, …
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Variables That Impact The Implementation Of Project-Based Learning In High School Science
… to improve student performance and to hold teachers and school leaders accountable for student achievement (Wagner et al., 2006). Specifically, in the area of science, goals for improving student learning have led reformers to establish standards for what students should know and be able to …