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Toma, Radu Bogdan – School Science and Mathematics, 2022
Guided and open inquiry strategies are found to improve students' attitudes toward science. Yet, confirmation and structured inquiry are more often enacted by teachers. The effectiveness of these approaches involving high teacher guidance remains unexplored. Students in six classes (N = 119, M[subscript age] = 11.25 years) were assigned to control…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Science Instruction, Comparative Analysis
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Navy, Shannon L.; Kaya, Fatma; Boone, Brian; Brewster, Christine; Calvelage, Kelly; Ferdous, Tanzimul; Hood, Ebony; Sass, Laura; Zimmerman, Maggie – School Science and Mathematics, 2021
Although STEM is at the forefront of many educational initiatives, little is known about various professionals' perceptions of STEM. This mixed-methods study surveyed 164 preservice teachers, inservice teachers, administrators, informal educators, and STEM professionals. Quantitative and qualitative questions on the survey elicited participants'…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Informal Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Educators
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Fuesting, Melissa A.; Diekman, Amanda B.; Bautista, Nazan – School Science and Mathematics, 2021
Developing student capacity for the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) workforce requires not only better preparation in specific content and skills but also better preparation in understanding the goals that STEM fields can afford. In particular, stereotypic views that STEM fields lack communal opportunities to work with and help…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Student Attitudes, Beliefs