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Showing 1 to 20 of 66 for “"Science classrooms"”.
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Epistemological Authenticity in Science Classrooms
… 1993) In support of these goals the National Science Education Standards (NRC, 1996) envisions science classrooms where students engage productively in activity that is similar to scientific inquiry. It is presumed that by engaging in this kind of activity students will come to deeper …
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"From Scientific Practice to Science Classrooms: Impact of Technological Tools on the Enactment of ""Authentic"" Inquiry in High School Science Classrooms"
… and the adoption for teaching in high school science classrooms, of two technological tools: Biology Student Workbench and ChemViz. Participants included key players along the path of development, transformation, and implementation including scientists (8), programmers and developers (4), …
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Transforming Learning in Science Classrooms: A Blended Knowledge Community Approach
In this study, I examined how science curricula designed based on the Knowledge Community and Inquiry (KCI) model (Slotta, 2007) would foster the development of knowledge communities in secondary school science classrooms. KCI situates scaffolded inquiry activities within a collective context. In …
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Thinking and practice in primary science classrooms : a case study
… teacher as he planned and taught a term's science topic on toys with his class of 9-10 year olds. The teacher planned the topic as a series of activities intended to promote investigation and problem-solving by his pupils. Most of the time pupils worked in small groups, testing and making …
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Implementing dialogic education approaches in Chinese science classrooms: A design-based research
… new research area where more research is needed. Science education in China aims to promote students’ scientific literacy and employs group work to enhance students’ learning outcomes; therefore, science classes provide a natural setting for implementing more dialogic approaches. Science education …
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Teaching english language learners in mainstream science classrooms: teacher practice and educational opportunity
… inaccurate assessment results and grades. The science curriculum was only accessible through English and the use of the students' native languages was discouraged. The voices of the students were silenced and their academic achievement continues to lag behind their English-speaking peers.</p>
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Teacher performance characteristics and pupil outcomes within science classrooms in Kuwaiti high schools
… years or so, in relation to what happens in classrooms and about relationships between teachers' behaviours and other variables related to the quality of teaching. The main purpose of this study was to: 1) see how science has been introduced in some Kuwaiti high schools; 2) examine the …
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The realization of telecommunications in high school science classrooms: An evaluation of teachers using technology
… ways in which telecommunication is used in K-12 classrooms. Many of these studies describe only a small number of our nation's teachers and classrooms. These studies have not looked at the impact technology has on teachers and students and have not addressed the issue of expanding the use of …
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Case studies of instruction towards scientific literacy in three eighth-grade science classrooms in Illinois
… literacy point to inadequate programs of science education in American schools. Understanding current conditions in science classrooms is a necessary precursor to change. Yet, little information is available which describes what happens within them toward the goal of scientific literacy.
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The impact of complex instruction on teacher perception of student status in secondary science classrooms
Science, from those working in STEM fields to those involved in science majors at colleges and universities to achievement in elementary, middle, and high school level courses and assessments is largely inequitable. Complex Instruction (CI) is a collaborative grouping instructional strategy used …
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Investigating Strategies for Enhancing Achievement of Urban African American Students in Middle School Science Classrooms
… the pedagogical practices of experienced science teachers who, through their teaching practices, promote learning and achievement of urban African American middle school students between the ages 10-13 years. Based upon the theoretical frameworks of the theory of third space and …
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Teacher Pedagogical Choice: Analyzing Engineering Professional Development Programs and COVID in Middle School Science Classrooms
… to scaffold integration of engineering in K-12 classrooms, emergent conditions that restrict instructional choices such as pandemics threaten to repeatedly aggravate future efforts and make it prudent to consider the pedagogical choices teachers are able to make for STEM integration and what …
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The ‘Sanitization’ of Science Education: Connecting Theory and Practice of Socioscientific Issues in Elementary Science Classrooms
… issues (SSI) and the realities of primary science classrooms (grades one to three). An exploratory sequential mixed design (QUAN-QUAL) was employed. Primary educators (grades one to three) (N = 41) from a school board in Ontario, Canada, were surveyed, promptly followed by a subpopulation …
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"Socratic Circles are a Luxury": Exploring the Conceptualization of a Dialogic Tool in Three Science Classrooms
… promotes learning in students. Secondary science has traditionally been taught from an authoritative stance, reinforced in recent years by testing policies requiring coverage. Socratic Circles are a framework for student-led dialogic discourse, which have been successfully used in English …
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The implementation of Outcomes-Based Education (OBE) in Grade 8 Natural Science classrooms in the Western Cape
… an outcomes-based environment in Grade 8 Natural Science classrooms in the Western Cape. The results from the current study in the Western Cape were compared to those collected in a matching study done by Aldridge, Laugksch, Seopa and Fraser (2006) in the Limpopo Province. The comparison is …
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Autonomy support in US ninth-grade science classrooms: exploring a self-determination model of motivation using national IES data
… research examines motivation in our nation's science classrooms by conducting a secondary data analysis of the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09). The study describes the creation of a valid measure of autonomy support within HSLS:09 and validates critical components of SDT with …
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“Value-laden”: exploring constructivist values in the design and implementation of digital inquiry modules for middle school science classrooms
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Investigating the Interplay of Teacher Orientations, Epistemic Tool Use, and Instructional Moves in Shaping Adaptive Teaching Expertise in Science Classrooms
… instructional moves in elementary science classrooms. Grounded in complexity theory, AdTex is conceptualized as a dynamic, interconnected system comprising three interrelated layers: (1) teachers' epistemological, ontological, and axiological orientations toward learning; (2) their …
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Controversial issues in science education for functional scientific literacy: A case study of an implemented curriculum in Cyprus Science classrooms
… implementation of controversial issues in the science curriculum and relate it to the discussion about conceptual frameworks that situate controversial issues in science education. Since no tools were available from the science education research area to fulfil the methodological aims stated …
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Integrating Technology, Inspiring Science: A Mixed Methods Case Study on Technology Integration in Rural Southwest Georgia K-5 Public Science Classrooms.
… Georgia navigate technology integration in their science classrooms. The purpose of this study was to identify the barriers to integration, evaluate teacher perceptions, and determine if professional demographics influence Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) self-efficacy. Research …
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