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Trygstad, Peggy J.; Malzahn, Kristen A.; Banilower, Eric R.; Plumley, Courtney L.; Bruce, Anna D. – Horizon Research, Inc., 2020
In 2018, the National Science Foundation supported the sixth in a series of surveys through a grant to Horizon Research, Inc. (HRI). This series of studies has been known as the National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education (NSSME). The 2018 NSSME+ was designed to provide up-to-date information and to identify trends in the areas of teacher…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Quality, Science Education, Low Income Students
Banilower, Eric R.; Smith, P. Sean; Malzahn, Kristen A.; Plumley, Courtney L.; Gordon, Evelyn M.; Hayes, Meredith L. – Horizon Research, Inc., 2018
The Report of 2018 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education (NSSME+) details the results of a survey of 7,600 science, mathematics, and computer science teachers in schools across the United States. Areas addressed include: teacher backgrounds and beliefs; science, mathematics, and computer science professional development; science,…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Science Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Surveys
Smith, P. Sean; Plumley, Courtney L.; Hayes, Meredith L. – Horizon Research, Inc., 2017
This paper, presented at the 2017 meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), summarizes findings from efforts to elicit pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) from elementary teachers. The paper focuses on teachers' knowledge for teaching about the small particle model of matter and is a product of the Knowledge…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
Hayes, Meredith L.; Plumley, Courtney L.; Smith, P. Sean; Esch, R. Keith – Horizon Research, Inc., 2017
This report summarizes the findings of a systematic review of research literature on teaching about interdependent relationships in ecosystems to upper elementary students. The report is a product of the Knowledge Assets to Support the Science Instruction of Elementary Teachers (ASSET) project. ASSET is exploring a method for collecting and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Ecology
Hayes, Meredith L.; Plumley, Courtney L.; Smith, P. Sean; Esch, R. Keith – Horizon Research, Inc., 2017
This report summarizes the findings of a systematic review of practice-based literature on teaching about interdependent relationships in ecosystems to upper elementary students. The report is a product of the Knowledge Assets to Support the Science Instruction of Elementary Teachers (ASSET) project. ASSET is exploring a method for collecting and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction, Ecology
Smith, P. Sean; Esch, R. Keith; Hayes, Meredith L.; Plumley, Courtney L. – Horizon Research, Inc., 2016
This paper, presented at the 2016 [National Association for Research in Science Teaching] NARST Annual International Conference, summarizes the work to date of the Knowledge Assets to Support the Science Instruction of Elementary Teachers (ASSET) project. ASSET is exploring a method for collecting and synthesizing pedagogical content knowledge…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Data Collection
Smith, P. Sean; Plumley, Courtney L. – Horizon Research, Inc., 2016
This report summarizes the findings of a systematic review of research literature on teaching about the particle nature of matter to upper elementary students. The report is a product of the Knowledge Assets to Support the Science Instruction of Elementary Teachers (ASSET) project. ASSET is exploring a method for collecting and synthesizing…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Scientific Concepts, Models, Elementary School Students