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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"science inquiry"”.
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The Effects Of Science Inquiry In A Fourth Grade Classroom
… of this study was to determine the effects that science inquiry would have on fourth grade students' ability to communicate about scientific concepts learned, their perceptions about science and scientists, and my role as a teacher. The study took place in an elementary school setting for twenty …
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The Effects of Professional Development on Implementation of the 2010 Mississippi Science Framework on Teachers' Attitudes About Teaching Science in Elementary School
… attitudes about teaching the 2010 Mississippi Science Framework in elementary school. Subjects were elementary teachers in grades three through eight. A sample size of 26 teachers was selected from two school districts; one was rural and the other was an urban school district. The selected …
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Integrating Journal Writing With Inquiry Based Science Instruction In A Second Grade Classroom
… research study investigated the effects of using science journals to promote science writing and to investigate changes in student attitudes in a second grade inquiry-based science class. This was an action research study in which qualitative and quantitative data was collected. The data was …
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The internal conflict experienced by public community college academic department chairs
… used the methodology of phenomenological human science inquiry. Through analysis of organizational plans of Illinois public community colleges, department chairs representing the phenomenon of being faculty-colleagues elevated to the chair role were identified. Six participants were selected …
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Repositioning teachers and learners in senior science for 21st century learning
… learning’ might influence senior secondary science education in the context of high stakes summative assessment in Aotearoa New Zealand. Significant in the set of assumptions and ideals associated with 21st century learning is the expectation that learning is more personalised to address and …
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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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Everyday Exclusions And Empowerment: Social Identities In Neighborhood Associations
… is informed by interpretive approaches to social science inquiry. My findings are based on three sources: participant observations of neighborhood association meetings in the City of St. Louis, Missouri during 2008-2009; 31 semi-structured interviews with neighborhood association leaders, members, …
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The Effects Of Inquiry And Single-gender Grouping On Second Grade Girls' Attitudes And Participation In Science
… between males and females in attitudes toward science have been the focus of extensive investigations. Studies have found that females feel intimidated by their male peers in science and mathematics classes, making girls less likely to participate. Their confidence in these areas decreases and …
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Modeling Memes: A Memetic View of Affordance Learning
This research employed systems social science inquiry to build a synthesis model that would be useful for modeling meme evolution. First, a formal definition of memes was proposed that balanced both ontological adequacy and empirical observability. Based on this definition, a systems model for meme …
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Learning from Structured Data with Weak Supervision
In all science, inquiry proceeds based on observation and experimentation, exercising informed judgement and developing hypotheses to guide the design of experiments and disambiguate the theories. Artificial intelligence (AI) has dramatically improved state-of-the-art scientific research by helping …
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Using Science Read Alouds and Inquiry Activities to Enhance Student Writing in Family Message Journals
… students are not proficient writers and that science performance declined in the 1970’s, increased during the 1980’s and early 1990’s, and has been mostly stable since. Perhaps a way to correct some of these problems would be through the use of Family Message Journals in science. The purpose …
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A Mixed Methods Evaluation of the Coastal Roots Program
… the program varied across purposes of science inquiry, skill development, curriculum use, and student development. As Coastal Roots™ moves into the next phases of program activity, program definition and evolution should embrace and build on participant values, develop using the best …
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How do teachers' beliefs affect the implementation of inquiry-based learning in the PGS Curriculum? A case study of two primary schools in Hong Kong.
… (PGS) programme implemented in 2004, adopted an inquiry-based learning approach. The literature shows that inquiry-based learning not only has origins linked to science inquiry and Dewey’s theory of inquiry, but also intersects with theories of constructivism. Similar to constructivism …
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