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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"authentic science"”.
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Supporting authentic science in the classroom using collaborative Web-based software
… Virtual Experience (EVE) Portal which supports e-Science learning for schoolchildren. The VLE guides students and teachers in the production of collaborative research papers to summarize their inquiry-based activities. This thesis details the formative evaluations carried out on the VLE and …
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Authentic science in education: Studies in course-based research at the United States Military Academy
… of this type of instruction from the Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education (CASPiE). Study 1 shows the specific method of implementation at the military academy and explores learning-based outcomes. Primarily the outcome of critical thinking is demonstrated. Critical thinking is a …
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The impact of teacher and peer dialogue on online collaborative writing in an authentic science literacy learning environment
This research is concerned with authentic science writing, and in particular, investigating collaborative science writing at secondary school level, using an online collaborative-writing environment. Specifically, it investigates how measures of successful authenticity relate to (i) how close to …
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A Framework for culturally responsive teaching: Effectively implementing culturally responsive instruction in the science classroom
… behind CRT, concrete applications of CRT to the science classroom have yet to be articulated or proposed. In this project, six elements of CRT classroom practices are described and applied to the secondary science classroom. Exemplar lessons modeling these six elements are provided to illustrate …
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Salamanders and Science: Place-based Environmental Education in Rural Appalachia
The opportunity to learn science by doing authentic science in a rural community is not a common occurrence, yet for over thirty years, a group of dedicated educators have provided the experience of learning field biology and ecology to students in a geographically isolated area of the Appalachian …
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Describing the Development of Conceptual Knowledge About Evolution
… there is a lack of comprehensive approaches for authentic science teaching. Within this dissertation, four studies were conducted to address these challenges in the teaching of evolution. Study 0 describes Learning Progression Analytics as the theoretical framework of the IPN project ALICE. It …
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Adapted Primary Literature (APL): An Effective Authentic Text Option for the Science Classroom
… Adapted Primary Literature (APL) into secondary science classroom instruction in order to aid such science curriculum in achieving balanced authenticity. APL is a valuable instructional text option due to its novel design, an optimal compromise between authenticity and accessibility. APL is a …
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Characterising A-level Students' Conceptual Integration Between Physics and Chemistry
… that conceptual integration is important to science learning in two ways: achieving conceptual integration allows meaningful learning to occur and that an authentic science education should led students recognise the characteristics of scientific knowledge as being highly coherent, …
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Creating a modeling culture : supporting the development of scientific practice among teachers
… and their students, and can help teachers bring authentic science practice into high school classrooms. Employing technological tools developed at the Media Lab, we crafted an introduction to scientific modeling for teachers. These tools, used in concert with a constructionist pedagogy of design …
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Implementation of a Research-Based Lab Module in a High School Chemistry Curriculum: A Study of Classroom Dynamics
… in undergraduate laboratories by the Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education (CASPiE) was modified and implemented in two high school settings. This module consisted of four phases: Skill Building, Experimental Design, Independent Research, and Results and Poster Presentation. …
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Characterizing epistemic messages in the classroom
… reforms situate student sense making around authentic science inquiries where students are engaged in the practices of science. In the science classroom, this means students are poised to figure things out by asking questions, carrying out investigations, and constructing models so that are …
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Authentic Scientific Inquiry, Student Engagement, and Transformational Learning: Are They Related?
… scientists to develop, execute, and share an authentic scientific inquiry using techniques offered by the Canadian Light Source (CLS). Canada’s synchrotron is a national science research facility that generates intense beams of x-ray and infra-red light to probe the structure and function of …
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Exploring middle school students' sensemaking of a gesture-augmented computer simulation depicting thermal conduction
Reform documents in science education have called for instruction that guides students to do science rather than know about science (National Research Council (NRC), 2012; NGSS Lead States, 2013). But doing authentic science requires that students engage in the social, epistemic, and cognitive …