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Gina Childers; Donna Governor; Kania Greer; Vaughan James – Research in Science Education, 2024
Science fiction conventions are places where the convergence of science fiction and science is discussed within diverse communities. Many of these science fiction conventions offer programming focused on science, often described as "science tracks," for science experts to share their experiences, expertise, scientific findings, and…
Descriptors: Science Fiction, Conferences (Gatherings), Scientific Concepts, Scientific Literacy
Marie-Jetta den Otter; Alma Kuijpers; Michiel Dam; Ludo Juurlink; Fred Janssen – Research in Science Education, 2024
Chemical reasoning, and in particular structure--property reasoning, is an important goal of chemistry education. Johnstone's triangle (1982, 1991) is often used to explicate this type of reasoning. This triangle describes the multilevel thought chemical reasoning requires and shows why students find chemistry so difficult. However, this model…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Thinking Skills, Scientists, Chemistry
Marilyn Fleer – Research in Science Education, 2024
In recent years, limited research attention has been directed to what happens in science education before the age of 3 years. We present the findings of a study that followed 13 infant-toddlers aged 0.1-2.2 years (mean 1.8 years) and their educators from a childcare centre. Under the conditions of an educational experiment, the results of our…
Descriptors: Science Education, Toddlers, Infants, Early Childhood Education
Legitimation Code Theory as an Analytical Framework for Integrated STEM Curriculum and Its Enactment
Chelsey A. Dankenbring; S. Selcen Guzey; Lynn A. Bryan – Research in Science Education, 2024
Recent reform initiatives in STEM disciplines inspired the development and implementation of integrated STEM approaches to science teaching and learning. Integrated STEM as an approach to science teaching and learning leverages engineering principles and practices to situate learning in an authentic and meaningful science learning environment.…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Educational Environment, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Concept Formation
Prain, Vaughan; Xu, Lihua; Speldewinde, Christopher – Research in Science Education, 2023
There is a long tradition of teaching science through inquiry, with broad agreement about the form it should take. Students should investigate researchable questions; gather and analyse data; and develop and represent evidence-based claims. Authoritative teacher or textbook representations are generally used to guide this learning (Buckley &…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Inquiry
Fragkiadaki, Glykeria; Fleer, Marilyn; Rai, Prabhat – Research in Science Education, 2023
A substantial number of empirical studies in the field of Early Childhood Science Education have explored science concept formation in early childhood educational settings. Most of these studies focus on the process of science concept formation during a teaching intervention or a school year period. However, less is known about how children form…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Toddlers, Young Children
Jiang, Shiyan; Huang, Xudong; Sung, Shannon H.; Xie, Charles – Research in Science Education, 2023
Learning analytics, referring to the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of data about learners and their contexts in order to optimize learning and the environments in which it occurs, is proving to be a powerful approach for understanding and improving science learning. However, few studies focused on leveraging learning analytics…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Hands on Science, Science Education, Laboratory Safety
Kaliampos, George; Mavropoulou, Sofia; Kollias, Vasilis; Ravanis, Konstantinos; Vavougios, Denis – Research in Science Education, 2023
While research on the understanding of physics concepts in individuals with autism remains scarce, the ever-increasing number of these students in inclusive education nowadays makes their systematic education in all fields of learning necessary. For this purpose, an experimental investigation was conducted to compare 19 autistic adolescents with a…
Descriptors: Physics, Scientific Concepts, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Inclusion
Veith, Sonja Isabel – Research in Science Education, 2023
Sound is a very omnipresent physical phenomenon that plays a crucial role in our daily lives. It is essential for verbal communication and helps us orient ourselves. Children are especially affected by sound and its presence in their daily lives. This circumstance, and the subject-specific interesting facets of the topic of sound, make this…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Acoustics, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
Waight, Noemi; Liu, Xiufeng; Whitford, Melinda – Research in Science Education, 2023
This study examined high school chemistry students' understandings of big ideas--matter and energy, how these understandings are related to macro and submicro representations and fine-grained distinguishing characteristics of students' explanations. The study was conducted in the context of computer-based models and model-based assessments.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Scientific Concepts, Computer Assisted Instruction, Models
McLure, Felicity – Research in Science Education, 2023
Secondary school students find it difficult to write elaborated causal explanations of scientific phenomena. They frequently present their own opinions and write descriptions of their observations rather than linking observations with logical chains of causal reasoning, underpinned by a theoretical framework, to provide explanations of scientific…
Descriptors: High School Students, Writing (Composition), Scientific Concepts, Secondary School Students
Daloos, Ma. Lara Angela Santos; Paderna, Edwehna Elinore S. – Research in Science Education, 2023
Collaborative-metacognitive use of science literature teaching approach (CMSLTA) refers to a researcher-made teaching approach from the Philippines that comprises four components, namely (a) formation of groups with three to four members who have varied reading comprehension ability and assigned rotating roles; (b) use of Scientific Method…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Science Instruction
Barak, Miri; Yachin, Tal; Erduran, Sibel – Research in Science Education, 2023
The goal of this study was to examine the way preservice science teachers depict and develop their understanding of nature of science (NOS), from the perspective of the family resemblance approach (FRA). FRA defines NOS as a Cognitive-Epistemic and Social-Institutional system. Appling the dual-analytic approach via reflective drawing analysis, we…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Scientific Principles, Freehand Drawing
Putica, Katarina B. – Research in Science Education, 2023
Previous studies noted the scantiness of diagnostic instruments for the assessment of students' understanding of fundamental biochemistry concepts. Consequently, within this study, a four-tier test for the examination of secondary school students' conceptual understanding of amino acids, proteins, and enzymes has been developed. Items in the test…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Secondary School Students, Science Tests
Jian, Yu-Cin – Research in Science Education, 2023
One of the ways to acquire scientific knowledge is by reading science comics. This study aims to investigate the attitudes (e.g., reading habits, interest, motivation) of university students toward reading science comics, and how they read science comics for acquiring scientific knowledge reflected by an eye tracker. Sixty-five undergraduates were…
Descriptors: Reading Processes, Cartoons, Science Education, Reading Comprehension