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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"science education reform"”.
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The Impact Of A Professional Development Program On Teachers' Practice And How Context Variables Influenced Such Practice: A Case Study
… Data was collected to compare differences in Science Content Knowledge, Science Pedagogical Content Knowledge, and the teachers' practice over the course of the PD program. Contextual variables related to district restructuring and school implementation of district policy evidence a direct …
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Teachers and Science Museums: Are Valuable Connections Being Made
… initiatives, and programs that seek to support science educators in their quest to teach more effectively.</p> <p>Community resources such as science museums and technology centers have embraced the goals of science education reform and are attempting to connect their resources with the …
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What Secondary Science Teachers Pay Attention to in the Classroom: Situating Teaching in Institutional and Social Systems
This study concerns the issue of secondary science teachers' attention. In particular, I consider if, how, and when science teachers attend to the substance of student thinking, which is called for by science education reform (NRC, 2007). Using a case study approach, and drawing on ethnographic …
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Augmented Reality Technology Used To Enhance Informal Science Learning
With science advancements ever-changing and an increased use of multimedia to display information to the public, science literacy and critical thinking skills are important for the public to keep up to date. Students will need to know how to interpret science information they are faced with …
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An exploratory study with preliminary results : the development and evaluation of a genetics concept inventory
Modern science education reform includes the development of standards and recommendations for content as well as the development and evaluation of pedagogy, but demonstrates limited assessment of student knowledge. Student knowledge assessment is an important factor in measuring the scientific …
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Case Studies in Teaching Evolution: The Intersection of Dilemmas in Practice
Despite recent science education reform documents citing evolution as a core concept to be taught in grades K-12, research shows problems with how it is currently taught. Evolution is often avoided, teachers minimize its importance within biology, infuse misconceptions, and/or interject …
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The Impact of a Student-Teacher-Scientist Partnership (Stsp) on Students' and Teachers' Content Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Science
Engaging elementary students in science through inquiry-based methodologies is at the center of science education reform efforts (AAAS, 1989, NRC 1996, 2000). Through scientific problem solving, students can learn that science is more than just learning facts and concepts (NRC, 2000) The process of …
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The impact of a student-teacher-scientist partnership (STSP) on students' and teachers' content knowledge and attitudes toward science
Engaging elementary students in science through inquiry-based methodologies is at the center of science education reform efforts (AAAS, 1989, NRC 1996, 2000). Through scientific problem solving, students can learn that science is more than just learning facts and concepts (NRC, 2000) The process of …
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Sharing Science: A Study on the Effects of Informal Science Education Outreach with Elementary Students
Science education reform has prompted scientists, engineers, and politicians alike to act on the growing need for improved educational programs in the STEM fields. Informal science programs that provide an educational experience outside of a traditional classroom and involve students on real-life …
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A comparative analysis of reforms in organizing curricula and methods of secondary science instruction in the United States during the last decades of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
This study involved a comparative analysis of reforms in the organization and structure of curricula and instruction in science education in the United States during the last decades of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A review of literature of these periods revealed similar concerns and …
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Teacher Perceptions of Inquiry and STEM Education in Bangladesh
This dissertation reports lower secondary science teachers perceptions of current practice in Dhaka, Bangladesh concerning inquiry and STEM Education in order to establish a baseline of data for reform of science education in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has been trying to incorporate inquiry-based …
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Variables That Impact The Implementation Of Project-Based Learning In High School Science
… if we are to improve student achievement. Educational reform efforts have been initiated 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 …
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The Nature Of Scientific Explanation (NOSE): Using a philosophically guided framework to examine the nature and quality of scientific explanations constructed by freshman college students, science teachers, and practicing scientists
… interest not only to philosophers, but also to science educators as is clearly evident in the emphasis given to K-12 students’ construction of explanations in current national science education reform efforts – the Next Generation Science Standards NGSS (NGSS Lead States, 2013). Nonetheless, …
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Investigative Learning in an Undergraduate Biology Laboratory: an Investigation into Reform in Science Education
… needs to be extended into other settings where reform in science education is taking place.