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Raker, Jeffrey R.; Gibbons, Rebecca E.; Cruz-Ramírez de Arellano, Daniel – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Affect is associated with success and persistence in STEM courses and degree programs. Measurement tools that produce valid and reliable data are essential to capturing the impact of evidenced-based instructional practices and reformed curricula on learning. We report the development of the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire for use in…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, STEM Education, Academic Achievement, Psychometrics
Stein, Hana; Galili, Igal; Schur, Yaron – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2015
Empirical studies have reported difficulties, confusion, and lack of understanding among students at all levels of instruction regarding the issue of weight--gravitation--weighing relationships. This study examined the impact of a new conceptual framework of weight, on a small group of 7th-grade students (N?=?14) in a middle school in Israel. This…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Secondary School Science, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Duncan, Ravit Golan; Chinn, Clark A.; Barzilai, Sarit – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2018
Practices of generating, analyzing, and using evidence play a central role in the Framework for K-12 Science Education and the NGSS. However, the construct of evidence remains largely underspecified in these documents, providing insufficient guidance on how to engage students with the broad and complex nature of evidentiary reasoning. This creates…
Descriptors: Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evidence Based Practice, Standards
Wang, Song; Sung, Rou-Jia; Reinholz, Daniel L.; Bussey, Thomas J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
The use of two-dimensional images to teach students about three-dimensional molecules continues to be a prevalent issue in many classrooms. As affordable visualization technologies continue to advance, there has been an increasing interest to utilize novel technology, such as augmented reality (AR), in the development of molecular visualization…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Visual Aids, Educational Technology, Biochemistry
Chowning, Jeanne T. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2022
Argumentation is a central epistemic process contributing to the generation, evaluation, and application of scientific knowledge. A key challenge for science educators and researchers is to understand how the important social and discursive ("social dialogic") dimensions of argumentation can be implemented in learning environments. This…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Persuasive Discourse, Professional Development, Science Laboratories
Martin, Julie P.; Choe, Nathan Hyungsok; Halter, Jared; Foster, Margaret; Froyd, Jeffrey; Borrego, Maura; Winterer, Erica R. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Numerous national reports have identified the importance of significantly improving pathways that begin with Latinx students enrolling in 2-year institutions and ultimately completing baccalaureate degrees in STEM fields at 4-year institutions. Many programs using multiple interventions have been designed, implemented, and studied to achieve this…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Two Year Colleges, Bachelors Degrees, Intervention
Koomen, Michele Hollingsworth; Weaver, Sarah; Blair, Robert B.; Oberhauser, Karen S. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2016
This study reports on an innovative version of adaptive primary literature (APL) that we call Science Behind the Scenes used during a summer professional development (PD) program. Classroom teachers read and discussed papers from the primary literature, and created translations of these papers relevant to their own classroom needs. We randomly…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Curriculum, Professional Development, Science Teachers
Shi, Fan; Wang, Lei; Liu, Xiufeng; Chiu, Mei-Hung – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021
To achieve the goal of cultivating students' scientific modeling competence, it is crucial to improve teachers' epistemic knowledge and skills with respect to modeling-based teaching. Taking into consideration existing studies on enhancing teaching competence and teachers' professional development on modeling, and the importance of classroom…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Classroom Observation Techniques, Observation
Zhang, Jinglu; Browne, William J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
Argumentation plays a significant role in science as a scientific practice in which knowledge is constructed, evaluated, and modified. Scientific argumentation (SA) is thus a promising activity for students to pursue in order to think and act like scientists and to enhance their understanding of science. Considering the impact that assessments…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Science Instruction, Persuasive Discourse
Akuma, Fru Vitalis; Callaghan, Ronel – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Since scientific literacy has become a key goal in science education, many people have argued in favor of the incorporation of inquiry in science education. However, scattered in the literature are extrinsic and intrinsic teaching challenges linked to the design and implementation of inquiry-based practical work (IBPW) in secondary school science…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Education
Glynn, Shawn M. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is a comparative assessment of the achievement of students in many countries. In the present study, a rigorous independent evaluation was conducted of a representative sample of TIMSS science test items because item quality influences the validity of the scores used to inform…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Response Theory, Psychometrics, Science Tests
Scalise, Kathleen; Clarke-Midura, Jody – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2018
Science education frameworks in the United States have moved strongly in recent years to incorporate more dimensions of learning, including measuring student use of scientific practices employed during scientific inquiry. For instance, the Next Generation Science Standards and related multidimensional frameworks adopted or adapted recently by more…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Student Research, Science Process Skills, Scientific Concepts
Talanquer, Vicente; Bolger, Molly; Tomanek, Debra – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2015
The goal of this exploratory study was to analyze how beginning prospective secondary school teachers approached the analysis of student written responses to formative assessment probes. We sought to identify what elements of students' written work were noticed, what types of inferences of student understanding were built, and what these noticed…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Responses
Brito, Angmary; Rodriguez, Maria A.; Niaz, Mansoor – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
The objectives of this study are: (a) elaboration of a history and philosophy of science (HPS) framework based on a reconstruction of the development of the periodic table; (b) formulation of seven criteria based on the framework; and (c) evaluation of 57 freshman college-level general chemistry textbooks with respect to the presentation of the…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Scientists, Generalization, Chemistry
Chen, Ying-Chih; Terada, Takeshi – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2021
The eight scientific practices in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are significant theoretical constructs that reflect the nature of science; they are intended to guide science teaching and learning. Yet, operationalization of these practices in terms of student learning remains limited, and a measurement tool for the eight practices…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Observation, Science Education