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Doldur, Metin; Ertas Kilic, Hulya – Science Insights Education Frontiers, 2023
This study aimed to investigate the effects of the applications conducted in the science center within the scope of the science lesson "Solar System and Beyond" unit of the 7th-grade students in the secondary school, on the perceptions of the students about the out-of-school learning environments (OSLEs). In the quantitative part of the…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Science Teaching Centers, After School Programs, Astronomy
Hakan Türkmen; Fazilet Zenciroglu – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2023
The aim of the study is to examine the relationship between the learning styles of classroom students in the force and energy unit and their scientific process skills. In the study, pre-test and post-test weak experimental design without a control group was used. The research was carried out in 2 different secondary schools in the central district…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Grade 7, Cognitive Style, Secondary School Students
Araujo Florentino, Carla Patricia; Shimada, Marcella Seika; Locatelli, Solange Wagner – International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education, 2023
The construction of a concept can be developed from the students' prior knowledge. Regarding deaf students, it is considered their conceptions conceived through vision. Given this, the present research was conducted with a group of deaf students in the 7th year of elementary school with the aim of verifying what ideas these students had about…
Descriptors: Deafness, Grade 7, Elementary School Students, Science Education
Chris L. Craney; Thomas Lau; James Rust; Robert M. de Groot; William T. Nelson; Adriana Ghomeshi; Alicia Ogas – American Biology Teacher, 2024
A student's middle school science experience strongly impacts their future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics interest. The Japanese lesson study (JLS) model strengthens the student's experience through a research-based, collaborative, multistep, teaching-centered process focused on transforming local instructional practices. The…
Descriptors: Teacher Improvement, Teacher Collaboration, Faculty Development, Communities of Practice
Dimitri Belli; Guglielmo Lischi; Giovanni Pardini; Paolo Milazzo; Valentina Domenici – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
This technology report presents the main features of a free digital educational tool which aims to introduce middle school level students to the comprehension of the particulate nature of matter in the three states (i.e., solid, liquid, and gas) and during phase transitions. This digital tool is available and is freely accessible online. Its…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, Chemistry, Middle School Students, Educational Technology
Nurul Huda Ramadhan; Wirawan Fadly; Nurzatulshima Kamarudin; Witsanu Suttiwan – Journal of Science Learning, 2024
In both private and public education, several institutions may use game-based explanations. However, it does not rule out the possibility that most educational institutions use text-based explanations, which makes students tend to get bored because they only have to read and listen, so another alternative is needed: game-based explanations that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 7, Science Instruction
Milanovic, Vesna D.; Trivic, Dragica D.; Tomasevic, Biljana I. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: In the previous decades many research papers and educational documents have emphasized the importance of the application of history of science in the science education of students. Consequently, chemistry teachers are expected to be familiar with the historical development of science and capable of incorporating historical contents in…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science History, Science Teachers, Chemistry
Gunes Keskin Cevik; Hikmet Surmeli – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
Learning about the Earth through geoscience education is important in order to make informed decisions about the future of the Earth. The aim of this study is to examine students' conceptual development on geoscience subjects based on inquiry-based learning. 7th grade students participated in this study. The researcher prepared lesson plans and…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Science Tests, Heuristics, Scientific Concepts
Ifeyinwa Uke; Jazlin Ebenezer; Osman Nafiz Kaya – Research in Science Education, 2024
This mixed-methods research study aimed to observe the changes in relational conceptual changes and achievement in photosynthesis and cellular respiration in 15 seventh-grade students using the variation theory of learning, a framework for contextual distinctions, and supports the Common Knowledge Construction Model (CKCM) for science education.…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Scientific Concepts, Science Achievement, Cytology
Ayfer Mutlu – Journal of Science Learning, 2023
This study investigates the effectiveness of using a REACT strategy instruction enriched with guided inquiry-based experiments to improve 7th-grade students' understanding of mixtures compared to conventional teacher-centered instruction. A convergent parallel mixed-method design was used, and 39 middle school students were divided into…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Grade 7, Science Experiments
Allison M. Esparza; Kenneth Fleming Jr.; Henan Zhang; Huiwen Pang; Cindy Guerrero; Rafael Lara-Alecio; Beverly J. Irby; Fuhui Tong – Discover Education, 2023
The 2019 science results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress showed that 8th-grade students, especially economically challenged and emergent bilingual students, made few gains in science and reading achievement. Researchers have found that scientific language may be a significant barrier to student comprehension. Researchers have…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Grade 7, Teaching Methods, Science Teachers
Yi Zou; Xinyu Xue; Lizhen Jin; Xiao Huang; Yanbing Li – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2024
Developing a deeper understanding of scientific concepts is one of the primary goals of science education. To improve students' conceptual understanding, it is necessary to explore the major characteristics of their learning process. Informed by previous work on conceptual understanding, this study focuses on the concept of evaporation, exploring…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts, Physics, Science Instruction
Christian Smoke – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Project-based learning (PjBL) instruction is an inquiry-based method that is beneficial to student achievement and their exploration of 21st-century learning skills, but there is a gap in the literature about how Grades 6 to 8 teachers feel about PjBL and its implementation. The research problem was science teachers in the United States were not…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Son, Mi Hyun; Lim, Wanchul; Son, Jeongwoo; Jeong, Dae Hong – Asia-Pacific Science Education, 2022
The suitability and characteristics of middle school inquiry activities in the 2015 National Curriculum of Science in Korea were studied from the perspective of eight science teachers with rich experience in teaching science inquiry activities. In-depth interviews revealed problems teachers experienced while conducting inquiry classes. Problems…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Curriculum, National Curriculum, Inquiry
Kapici, Hasan Ozgur; Akcay, Hakan; Cakir, Hakki – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
Inquiry-based learning can be an effective approach when students are provided with sufficient guidance. However, there is an ongoing debate among practitioners about the nature, type, and level of such guidance. This study investigated the effects on middle school students' (N = 116) conceptual knowledge and inquiry skills acquisition of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Inquiry, Hands on Science, Computer Simulation