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Direct linkCharles R. Greenwood; Dwight W. Irvin; Alana G. Schnitz; Jay Buzhardt – Science Education, 2024
Early childhood is an opportune time to begin teaching STEM, and preschool education provides the opportunity. How children experience and respond to STEM in community-based preschools is our focus. Using the CIRCLE classroom observation system, we examined how frequently and in what contexts preschool teachers provided STEM learning…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, STEM Education, Community Education, Experience
McWayne, Christine M.; Zan, Betty; Ochoa, Wendy; Greenfield, Daryl; Mistry, Jayanthi – Science Education, 2022
How teachers' changes in their science teaching practices unfold over time remains unclear. We need greater understanding of the processes at work in professional development (PD) and how to sustain those processes that are effective over time. Effective PD processes are seen as those that recognize teacher change is…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Teachers, STEM Education
Morton, Terrell R.; McKinney de Royston, Maxine – Science Education, 2022
This essay is the second paper of a related three-paper set that examines, critiques, and offers responses to current conceptions of academic advising within P-20+ STEM education. In this essay, we offer a review of the current understandings of academic advising and its existing limitations with meaningfully supporting Black and Brown STEM…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Educational Counseling, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Leden, Lotta; Hansson, Lena; Thulin, Susanne – Science Education, 2022
This study explores book talks as an approach to teaching Nature of Science (NOS) to young children (4-6 years old). To teach about NOS means to, in one way or another, focus on the processes, humans that build science knowledge, as well as the characteristics and limits of scientific knowledge. Previous research in this area has studied the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scientific Principles, Books
Leibham, Mary Beth; Alexander, Joyce M.; Johnson, Kathy E. – Science Education, 2013
Although young children display various types of interests, little is known regarding the potential impact of these interests on subsequent learning and development. Of particular importance is the question of whether or not children's early interests are instrumental in their later academic achievement. The current study fills this gap in the…
Descriptors: Science Interests, Self Concept, Science Achievement, Gender Differences
Alexander, Joyce M.; Johnson, Kathy E.; Kelley, Ken – Science Education, 2012
Relations between parental reports of children's interests related to science and opportunities for science learning were examined longitudinally in 192 children between ages 4 and 7 years. Science interests were tracked during 1-year periods (ages 4-5, 5-6, and 6-7) and were more prevalent among boys, particularly prior to age 6 years. Gender…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Informal Education, Gender Differences, Science Interests
Van Schijndel, Tessa J. P.; Franse, Rooske K.; Raijmakers, Maartje E. J. – Science Education, 2010
In this paper, we introduce the Exploratory Behavior Scale (EBS), a quantitative measure of young children's interactivity. More specifically, the EBS is developed from the psychological literature on exploration and play and measures the extent to which preschoolers explore their physical environment. A practical application of the EBS in a…
Descriptors: Museums, Exhibits, Hands on Science, Student Behavior
