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Lee, Soon Chun; Nugent, Gwen; Kunz, Gina M.; Houston, James; DeChenne-Peters, SueEllen – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2018
One major implication of the Next Generation Science Standards is the need to integrate inquiry and practice and incorporate engineering into science education. To support teachers' change efforts in a time of heightened science, technology, engineering, and mathematics standards for all students, effective professional development (PD) is…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Value Added Models, Distance Education, Coaching (Performance)
Lotter, Christine; Rushton, Gregory T.; Singer, Jonathan – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate high school teachers' beliefs about inquiry instruction and determine how their beliefs influenced their use of inquiry after a professional development program. Thirty-six high school science teachers participated in this study. The professional development program consisted of a 2-week summer…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Qualitative Research
Akerson, Valarie L.; Townsend, J. Scott; Donnelly, Lisa A.; Hanson, Deborah L.; Tira, Praweena; White, Orvil – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2009
This paper summarizes the findings from a K-6 professional development program that emphasized scientific inquiry and nature of science within the theme of scientific modeling. During the 2-week summer workshop and follow up school year workshops, the instruction modeled a 5-E learning cycle approach. Pre and posttesting measured teachers' views…
Descriptors: Definitions, Scientific Principles, Learning Processes, Elementary School Teachers
The Influence of Guided Inquiry and Explicit Instruction on K-6 Teachers' Views of Nature of Science
Akerson, Valarie L.; Hanson, Deborah L.; Cullen, Theresa A. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2007
This study assessed the influence of guided inquiry and explicit reflective instruction on K-6 teachers' views of nature of science (NOS). Using the Views of Nature of Science Elementary School Version 2 (VNOS-D2), and associated interviews we tracked the changes in NOS views of teacher participants prior to and following a summer professional…
Descriptors: Physics, Professional Development, Scientific Principles, Elementary Education