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Bravo González, Paulina; Reiss, Michael J. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: There is a growing view that 'Big Ideas of science education' are useful for teaching science but there is not much knowledge of how teachers work with them. Purpose: This study explores the conceptualisation and practice of the use of Big Ideas of science education by primary and secondary teachers in Chile. Sample: A total of 63…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
New Aspects of Working with Scientific Data: A Study with Practicing Scientists and Science Teachers
Jin, Hui; Hokayem, Hayat; Cisterna, Dante – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: New technology and increased collaboration have revolutionized how scientists work with data. This creates a need to identify new aspects of working with scientific data that are important for K-12 students to learn. Purpose: To address this need, we conducted a study with practicing scientists and K-12 science teachers. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Scientists, Science Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Bouchée, T.; Thurlings, M.; de Putter-Smits, L.; Pepin, B. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: Quantum physics has found its way into upper secondary school physics curricula worldwide. This trend coincides with increased attention for conceptual understanding in physics education in general and quantum physics education in particular. Students' conceptual difficulties of learning quantum physics are regularly reported. Little…
Descriptors: Quantum Mechanics, Mechanics (Physics), Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
El Masri, Yasmine H.; Erduran, Sibel; Ioannidou, Olga – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: The paper discusses how the design of summative assessments of practical science can be enhanced through the use of robust theoretical models that capture the diversity of scientific methods. The developments in assessment policy in England and the role of practical science in teaching and learning of science are reviewed. Purpose: The…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Test Construction, Summative Evaluation, Test Items
Park, Byung-Yeol; Campbell, Todd; Kelly, Miriah; Gray, Ron; Arnold, Chester; Chadwick, Cary; Cisneros, Laura M.; Dickson, David; Moss, David M.; Rodriguez, Laura; Volin, John C.; Willig, Michael R. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: It is crucial to support students in better understanding water and sustainability issues because water plays a vital role in maintaining global ecosystems, including human life. A wide range of curricular and instructional supports like those embodied in model-based learning (MBL) are necessary for teachers to engage students in the…
Descriptors: Models, Science Education, Water, High School Students
Riordan, John-Paul; Hardman, Mark; Cumbers, David – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: Dialogue between the teaching profession and researchers regarding pedagogical strategy is sometimes problematic. Pedagogy research may benefit from incorporating research methods that can investigate teachers' and pupils' interpretations. Purpose: This research expands the Pedagogy Analysis Framework (Riordan, 2020) by explaining in…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Ayyildiz, Yildizay; Tarhan, Leman; Gil, Aylin – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: Research on chemistry education has found that students have commonly some difficulties in understanding chemical changes. These difficulties in the learning process have negatively affected students' success. For this reason, it is very important to overcome students' learning difficulties with new materials that prevent the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Achievement, Science Curriculum, Course Descriptions
Broman, Karolina; Bernholt, Sascha; Christensson, Camilla – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2022
Background: To make students more interested and engaged in science, new teaching approaches have been developed aiming at higher order thinking. Context-based learning approaches emanate from an idea that science content knowledge should be presented in a relevant context for students to improve their learning outcomes as well as making them more…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Relevance (Education), Science Interests, Learner Engagement
Dawson, Vaille; Venville, Grady – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2022
Background: An overarching goal of school science education is to prepare young people for a rapidly changing and complex world. Middle school science students need more than a basic understanding of science concepts in preparation for further study. Rather, they need the skills to question and evaluate evidence and make decisions about complex…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Middle School Students, Persuasive Discourse, Thinking Skills
Rinehart, Ronald W.; Kuhn, Mason; Milford, Todd M. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2022
Background: A reformed view of science education positions argumentation as a central epistemic discourse practice in the science classroom, however, science education researchers have found that typical norms of classroom discourse fall short of promoting argumentation. Recent scholarship on teachers' personal epistemologies has suggested that…
Descriptors: Correlation, Middle School Students, Elementary School Students, Teacher Attitudes
Cansiz, Nurcan; Cansiz, Mustafa – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2022
Background: One of the most important, albeit ignored, issues in the process of curriculum implementation is teachers' beliefs; indeed, this is a vital issue since their beliefs about teaching and learning will in part govern their actions in the classroom. There is a substantial body of the literature that highlights how teachers' beliefs are…
Descriptors: Profiles, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Student Experience
Baroudi, Sandra; Rodjan Helder, Marlieke – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2021
Background: Implementing Inquiry-Based Instruction (IBI) in science is a complex process demanding certain classroom conditions prepared with instructional materials to engage students in tasks, as well as adopting the social context that will shape the inquiry-based learning environment. Within this social context, teachers are the main agents…
Descriptors: Curriculum Implementation, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Jimenez-Liso, Maria Rut; Martinez-Chico, María; Avraamidou, Lucy; López-Gay Lucio-Villegas, Rafael – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2021
Background: In response to reform recommendations calling for students' engagement in scientific practices and the lack of the enactment of such practices in science classrooms, we explored the implementation of scientific practices with special emphasis on model-based inquiry in a secondary science teacher preparation program. Sample: The…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Scientific Research, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Canlas, Ian Phil – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2021
Background: Understanding students' preconceptions is an important initial step towards a successful and meaningful learning in physics. This is more relevant and important especially for concepts that are introduced formally as early as preschool including friction. Visual representation maybe often used as an aid to teaching, however,…
Descriptors: Physics, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts, Grade 7
Davies, Dan; Beauchamp, Gary; Davies, Jason; Price, Ruth – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2020
Background: The Internet of Things (IoT) is a global network of data-sensing devices which pupils can access during science or other curriculum activities. Purpose: This article reports on a commissioned evaluation of a small-scale pilot project to explore the potential of the IoT combined with local sensors to enhance pupils' data interpretation…
Descriptors: Internet, Equipment, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Science