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Direct linkKrist, Christina; Schwarz, Christina V.; Reiser, Brian J. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2019
Mechanistic reasoning, or reasoning systematically through underlying factors and relationships that give rise to phenomena, is a powerful thinking strategy that allows one to explain and make predictions about phenomena. This article synthesizes and builds on existing frameworks to identify essential characteristics of students' mechanistic…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Heuristics, Epistemology, Middle School Students
Bybee, Rodger W. – Science Teacher, 2013
Using the life sciences, this article first reviews essential features of the "NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education" that provided a foundation for the new standards. Second, the article describes the important features of life science standards for elementary, middle, and high school levels. Special attention is paid to the teaching…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biology, Science Education, Elementary School Science
Stone, David; Buell, James; Naeger, Nicholas – Science Teacher, 2011
Recent press coverage of the decrease in worldwide honeybee population (Kaplan 2010) has significantly increased public awareness of its ecological and economic importance. In addition, honeybees' social nature, novel method of gender determination, distinctive caste system, and behaviorally and chemically based language make them immediately…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Social Class, Adult Learning, Educational Resources
Krall, Rebecca McNall; Lott, Kimberly H.; Wymer, Carol L. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2009
The purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate inservice elementary and middle school teachers' conceptions of photosynthesis and respiration, basic concepts they are expected to teach. A forced-choice instrument assessing selected standards-based life science concepts with non-scientific conceptions embedded in distracter options was…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Botany, Biology, Middle School Teachers
Download full textOsler, James E.; Hollowell, Gail P.; Nichols, Stacy M. – Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
Technology Engineering is an innovative component of a much larger arena of teaching that effectively uses interactive technology as a method of enhancing learning and the learning environment. Using this method to teach science and math content empowers the teacher and enhances the curriculum as the classroom becomes more efficient and effective.…
Descriptors: Science Education, Academic Achievement, Productivity, School Holding Power
Texley, Judiana – Science Scope, 2005
Teachers are usually avid readers, but the pressures of the school year often prevent the sort of thoughtful professional development that a good book can provide. That's why a summer reading list is such a great option, to refresh and renew the scientist within. At the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), a group of teachers works all…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers, Books, Reading Materials
