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Connected Learning: An Approach for Teaching Nature of Science Aspects and Argumentation Components
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Khishfe, Rola – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
The study investigated the influence of a connected learning approach for explicit nature of science (NOS) instruction and explicit argumentation instruction, in comparison with a non-connected approach, on students' NOS conceptions and argumentation skills. Participants comprised 42 students enrolled in two sections of grade 10 that were randomly…
Descriptors: Students, Grade 10, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
Relationship between Nature of Science and Argumentation: A Follow-Up Study
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Khishfe, Rola – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2023
The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between high school students' understandings of aspects about nature of science (NOS) and their argumentation skills, particularly whether informed conceptions of NOS contribute to better argumentation skills. Participants, a total of 125 Grade 10 students, responded to an open-ended…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Persuasive Discourse, Scientific Literacy, High School Students
Explicit Instruction and Student Learning of Argumentation and Nature of Science
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Khishfe, Rola – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
The study investigated how explicit instruction of argumentation-in the context of socioscientific issues (SSI)- and explicit instruction of NOS, compared with explicit instruction of argumentation only, can develop grade 10 students' argumentation skills and NOS conceptions. Participants were 36 grade 10 students enrolled in two sections that…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Teaching Methods, Persuasive Discourse
Retention of Acquired Argumentation Skills and Nature of Science Conceptions
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Khishfe, Rola – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
The study aimed to investigate the retention of acquired argumentation and NOS conceptions among grade 10 students three months after the treatment. Thirty-six grade 10 students in two intact sections, randomly assigned into the Treatment and Comparison groups, participated in the study. The participants engaged in a treatment that lasted for four…
Descriptors: Retention (Psychology), Persuasive Discourse, Skill Development, Scientific Principles
A Look into Students' Retention of Acquired Nature of Science Understandings
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Khishfe, Rola – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Having the learning and retention of science content and skills as a goal of scientific literacy, it is significant to study the issue of retention as it relates to teaching and learning about nature of science (NOS). Then, the purpose of this study was to investigate the development of NOS understandings of students, and the retention of these…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Process Skills, Scientific Principles, Scientific Literacy
Transfer of Nature of Science Understandings into Similar Contexts: Promises and Possibilities of an Explicit Reflective Approach
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Khishfe, Rola – International Journal of Science Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to (a) investigate the effectiveness of explicit nature of science (NOS) instruction in the context of controversial socioscientific issues and (b) explore whether the transfer of acquired NOS understandings, which were explicitly taught in the context of one socioscientific context, into other similar contexts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Transfer of Training, High School Students