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Direct linkBencze, J. Lawrence; Bowen, G. Michael; Alsop, Steve – Science Education, 2006
School science students can benefit greatly from participation in student-directed, open-ended scientific inquiry projects. For various possible reasons, however, students tend not to be engaged in such inquiries. Among factors that may limit their opportunities to engage in open-ended inquiries of their design are teachers' conceptions about…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Projects, Constructivism (Learning), Scientific Principles
Chen, Sufen – Science Education, 2006
This article describes the development and field test of an instrument, the Views on Science and Education Questionnaire, designed to measure participants' concepts of the nature of science (NOS) and relevant teaching attitudes. The questionnaire includes 15 questions, each followed by several items representing different philosophical positions.…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Outcomes of Education, Educational Objectives, Field Tests
Irez, Serhat – Science Education, 2006
Given the important role of science teacher educators in developing science teachers' understandings of nature of science (NOS), this study explores 15 Turkish "prospective" science teacher educators' beliefs about NOS in the context of teacher education reform in Turkey. A reflection-oriented qualitative approach was adopted in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Educational Change
