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Showing 1 to 20 of 181 for “"School Science"”.
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Inclusion in the Middle School Science Classroom
… this study participated in a seventh grade life science inclusion class. In addition to interviews with the two students and a review of the cumulative education records, a survey of attitudes toward the inclusion program by all participating students was utilized to demonstrate the benefits of …
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Secondary School Science Department Chairs Leading Change
<p>Secondary school department chairs are content area specialists in their schools and are responsible for providing students with the most appropriate curricula. However, most secondary school department chairs have limited authority to institute change unilaterally (Gmelch, 1993; Hannay & Erb, …
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Educational Groupings In The Middle School Science Classroom
… for future careers. Adopting Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) has required educators to encourage collaboration among students for science learning. Understanding the implications of student groupings and differentiated instructional strategies on learning requires an important …
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Middle School Science Teachers' Declaration about Meaningful Learning
The study aims to evaluate middle school science teachers' beliefs and their teaching practice of pedagogical components of meaningful learning (PCML). This study also seeks to determine whether teachers’ beliefs have any relationship with their practice of these components. The study also examined …
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The effects of authentic assessment in elementary school science
… of authentic assessments on Bells Elementary School students' understanding of science concepts. In this study the Washington Township Public Schools' Elementary School Science Committee created open-ended authentic assessments to enhance the district's science curriculum. The subjects of the …
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An investigation of an after-school science enrichment program
… purpose of this study is to investigate an after-school science enrichment program and its components. The study was conducted in a middle school in the Evesham Township School District located in the Burlington County region of South Jersey. The participants included sixty-one students taken from …
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Effectiveness of Dissecton Alternatives for Middle School Science Students
… students in a rural Northern California middle school: one that dissected preserved animals, and one that dissected animals online. In addition, pre-dissection and post-dissection surveys were administered to determine student attitudes, changes in attitude during the dissection unit, and …
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Emotions and Elementary School Science Teaching: Postmodernism in Practice
… teachers' emotions become a legitimate topic in (science) education as well as in efforts for science curricular reform? Further, how can educational institutions (universities and schools) and elementary school science teachers themselves support their personal and professional emotional growth?
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The history of secondary school science education in New Zealand
… thesis is an account of the history of secondary school science education in New Zealand. Three interdependent empirical studies were used to examine the hypothesis that the value given to modern science1 within education policy has changed from the late nineteenth century to the present. In the …
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The Use of Vocabulary Learning Strategies in High School Science Classrooms
… various strategies that can be used in the science classroom to improve student’s vocabulary acquisition. As teachers will encounter students of varying reading levels, it’s important to find ways to best support these students in acquiring science content. Science teachers may not always …
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Reading online for research purposes in a middle school science classroom
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-03-01 without embargo terms
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Secondary school science teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) in their classroom practice
… study then had the aim to examine experienced science teachers’ PCK during their classroom practices when they taught a chemistry topic to Year 10 students in New Zealand. A case study approach was adopted for an in-depth examination of these teachers’ practices (e.g. Cohen, Manion, & Morrison, …
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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 teachers …
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Effectiveness and Accountability of the Inquiry-Based Methodology in Middle School Science
<p>When teaching science, the time allowed for students to make discoveries on their own through the inquiry method directly conflicts with the mandated targets of a broad spectrum of curricula. Research shows that using an inquiry-based approach can encourage student motivation and increase …
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Exit Tickets' Effect on Engagement and Concept Attainment in High School Science
<p>Many high school students struggle to stay engaged in their science class. As a result, student learning often suffers. The purpose of this study was to implement one additional strategy (Exit Tickets) to the teacher’s pedagogy in order to help better engage students and promote student …
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Peer-Led Team Learning as an Instructional Strategy for Secondary School Science
… peer-led team learning (PLTL), on secondary school students' conceptual understanding of biology concepts related to the topic of evolution. Using a mixed methods approach, data were gathered quantitatively through pre/posttesting using a repeated measures design and qualitatively through …
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Assessing Student Perceptions of High School Science Classroom Environments: A Validation Study
… of this study was to assess the measures of the Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI), an existing classroom environment measurement instrument, to provide up-to-date norms and validation evidence for a U.S. secondary school population. This instrument’s measures were established as a …
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