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Semra Ayata; Gorkem Oylumluoglu; Muhammet M. Alpaslan – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
Energy literacy has become acritical issue in recent years. The purpose of this study was to examine the contributions of epistemological beliefs to energy literacy in lower-secondary school students in Turkey. Data were collected via self-report questionnaires from 656 lower-secondary school students in the Aegean Region of Turkey. To address the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Energy, Student Attitudes
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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
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Kizkapan, Oktay; Bektas, Oktay – Pedagogical Research, 2021
This study aims to investigate the effect of Toulmin argumentation model (TAM), epistemologically enriched Toulmin argumentation model (EETAM), and method suggested in Turkish Science Curricula on the epistemological beliefs of 7th grade students and their views on this effect. In this context, while the students in TAM group learned seventh grade…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 7, Epistemology, Beliefs
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Izci, Kemal – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2017
Representation of nature of science (NOS) within curricula including standards, grade level expectations, and textbooks and their alignment with each other to achieve teaching NOS is crucial. Thus, the aims of the study were to a) assess how NOS is portrayed in standards, grade level expectations and a teacher edition of seventh grade textbook of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Science Curriculum, Textbooks