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Chou, Ren-Jye; Liang, Chih-Ping; Huang, Li-yu; She, Hsiao-Ching – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
This study compared the effectiveness of online skeuomorphic physics inquiry-based learning with and without simulation on 8th-grade students' performance of scientific inquiry involving the spring unit. Two classes (58 students) were assigned to the online skeuomorphic physics inquiry-based learning with simulation, and two classes (59 students)…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Inquiry, Grade 8
Gnesdilow, Dana; Puntambekar, Sadhana – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
In this study, we compared students' learning from two conditions in a unit on inclined planes: Virtual-then-Physical (V-t-P) (n = 50), where students conducted a virtual lab followed by a physical lab, or vice versa in the Physical-then-Virtual condition (P-t-V) (n = 60). We analyzed students' written explanations after each lab focusing on…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Scientific Concepts
Aydogan, Berna; Çakiroglu, Jale – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of engineering design-based instruction (EDBI) on 7th grade students' nature of engineering (NOE) views. Quantitative research to evaluate students' NOE views was operated through a questionnaire which is "Views for Nature of Engineering -Elementary School Version (VNOE-E)" as pre-…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Evidence Based Practice, Scientific Principles
Nkadimeng, Mahlatse; Ankiewicz, Piet – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
Video games are a medium most students are familiar with; thus, they can be used as educational tools to meet the needs of twenty-first-century students. Given the popularity of video games with teenagers, they can be incorporated as educational tools in the science classroom. However, the affordances of using Minecraft Education (Minecraft…
Descriptors: Video Games, Game Based Learning, Junior High School Students, Science Instruction
Schwartz, Liron; Adler, Idit; Madjar, Nir; Zion, Michal – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2021
Engaging students in inquiry is a key component in order to fulfill essential goals in science education. To achieve successful engagement in inquiry process, students need to feel competent and autonomous in spite of the cognitive and mental challenges the process entails. The study focuses on the "problematizing" mechanisms of…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Personal Autonomy, Competence, Psychological Needs
Mandrikas, Achilleas; Michailidi, Emily; Stavrou, Dimitris – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2021
This paper illustrates a year-long case study investigating in-service teachers' needs and mentor's practices in implementing cutting-edge research science topics as nanotechnology and plastics in the ocean in primary education. In a Community of Learners design and with the support of a mentor, ten primary teachers implemented in 6th grade…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Educational Needs, Mentors, Communities of Practice
Gnidovec, Tanja; Žemlja, Mojca; Dolenec, Andreja; Torkar, Gregor – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2020
Learning the basics of human anatomy is challenging for schoolchildren due to its three-dimensional nature and complexity as a system. This study created educational materials for learning about and teaching the human circulatory system based on augmented reality (AR) technology and a structure-behavior-function (SBF) model, including 2D/3D…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Anatomy, Human Body, Teaching Methods
Gould, Deena L.; Parekh, Priyanka – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2018
Engaging in argumentation from evidence is challenging for most middle school students. We report the design of a media-based mentoring system to support middle school students in engaging in argumentation in the context of a game-infused science curriculum. Our design emphasizes learners apprenticing with college student mentors around the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Persuasive Discourse, Educational Games, Science Instruction
Ryoo, Kihyun; Bedell, Kristin; Swearingen, Amanda – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2018
Ensuring that all students, including English language learners (ELLs) who speak English as a second language, succeed in science is more challenging with a shift towards learning through language-intensive science practices suggested by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Interactive visualization technologies have the potential to…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Visual Aids, Science Instruction, Chemistry
Leo, Jonathan; Puzio, Kelly – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2016
This paper reports on a quasi-experimental study examining the effectiveness of flipped instruction in a 9th grade biology classroom. This study included four sections of freshmen-level biology taught by the first author at a private secondary school in the Pacific Northwest. Using a block randomized design, two sections were flipped and two…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Educational Technology, Homework, Technology Uses in Education
Chen, Cheng-ping; Wang, Chang-Hwa – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2015
Studies have proven that merging hands-on and online learning can result in an enhanced experience in learning science. In contrast to traditional online learning, multiple in-classroom activities may be involved in an augmented-reality (AR)-embedded e-learning process and thus could reduce the effects of individual differences. Using a…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Earth Science, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Donnelly, Dermot F.; Vitale, Jonathan M.; Linn, Marcia C. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2015
Middle school students struggle to explain thermodynamics concepts. In this study, to help students succeed, we use a natural language processing program to analyze their essays explaining the aspects of thermodynamics and provide guidance based on the automated score. The 346 sixth-grade students were assigned to either the critique condition…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 6, Secondary School Science, Thermodynamics
Türk, Cumhur; Kalkan, Hüseyin – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2015
This study aimed to determine students' knowledge levels related to specific astronomy concepts and the effect of a planetarium environment on teaching. The study sample included seventh-grade (12-13 years old) students. For this purpose, 240 students of various socioeconomic and cultural levels from six schools (two in the city center, two…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Scientific Concepts, Concept Teaching, Knowledge Level
Ryoo, Kihyun – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2015
This study examines whether and how tapping into students' everyday language in a web-based learning environment can improve all students' science learning in linguistically heterogeneous classrooms. A total of 220 fifth-grade English Language Learners (ELLs) and their non-ELL peers were assigned to either an everyday English approach…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Instructional Improvement, Science Instruction
Lazonder, Ard W.; Wiskerke-Drost, Sjanou – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2015
Several studies found that direct instruction and task structuring can effectively promote children's ability to design unconfounded experiments. The present study examined whether the impact of these interventions extends to other scientific reasoning skills by comparing the inquiry activities of 55 fifth-graders randomly assigned to one of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Thinking Skills, Scientific Methodology, Direct Instruction