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Using Different Acceptance Measures: The Interplay of Evolution Acceptance, Evolution Understanding, and Religious Belief among German Preservice Biology Teachers, Secondary School Students, and Creationists
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Fiedler, Daniela; Moormann, Alexandra; Beniermann, Anna – Science Education, 2024
Evolution understanding is often positively connected with magnitudes of evolution acceptance, whereas religiosity mostly interferes negatively. However, comparisons between studies and countries must be treated cautiously due to the diversity of used instruments and samples. This study aims to generate new evidence concerning the interplay of…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Biology, Science Instruction, Secondary School Students
Investigating Scientific Modeling Practices in U.S. And German Elementary Science Classrooms: A Comparative, Cross-National Video Study
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Böschl, Florian; Forbes, Cory; Lange-Schubert, Kim – Science Education, 2023
Science education reform efforts have emphasized the incorporation of more authentic and meaningful scientific practices into formal learning environments. With this focus on practices, such as scientific modeling, a powerful tool for sense-making and reasoning, comes a need to observe and understand if and how it is actually occurring,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Science Education, Models
Broadening a Nature of Science Conceptualization: Using School Biology Textbooks to Differentiate the Family Resemblance Approach
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Reinisch, Bianca; Fricke, Kristina – Science Education, 2022
Previous research about the presence of nature of science (NOS) within science textbooks has been found to be lacking in sufficient coverage. However, given the shift in how scholars conceive of NOS, the shortcomings may not be present in the textbooks but rather in the NOS frameworks used to analyze textbooks. Whereas traditional NOS has taken a…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Biology
Fostering Today What Is Needed Tomorrow: Investigating Students' Interest in Science
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Blankenburg, Janet Susan; Höffler, Tim Niclas; Parchmann, Ilka – Science Education, 2016
This paper investigates the structure of German sixth-grade students' interest in science (N = 474; age 11-12 years) by considering different subject-related contexts (biology, chemistry, and physics) and different activities. Confirmatory factor analysis models were designed to validate the hypothetical structure of interest, connecting the whole…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Science Interests
"It Should at Least Seem Scientific!" Textual Features of "Scientificness" and Their Impact on Lay Assessments of Online Information
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Thomm, Eva; Bromme, Rainer – Science Education, 2012
The Internet is a convenient source of information about science-based topics (e.g., health matters). Whereas experts are familiar with the conventions of "true" scientific discourse and the assessment of scientific information, laypeople may have great difficulty choosing among, evaluating, and deciding on the vast amount of information…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Expertise, Evaluative Thinking
Students' Misconceptions--Looking for a Pattern.
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Schmidt, Hans-Jurgen – Science Education, 1997
Describes four chemical terms that students with well-considered reasons use in a way that is not accepted in chemistry. From 4300-7500 senior high school students completed a series of multiple choice tests while other groups of students participated in discussions about the problem situations. Contains 34 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Chemistry, Concept Formation, Educational Strategies