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Students' Representations of Scientific Practice during a Science Internship: Reflections from an Activity-Theoretic Perspective
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Hsu, Pei-Ling; van Eijck, Michiel; Roth, Wolff-Michael – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
Working at scientists' elbows is one suggestion that educators make to improve science education, because such "authentic experiences" provide students with various types of science knowledge. However, there is an ongoing debate in the literature about the assumption that authentic science activities can enhance students' understandings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Job Shadowing, Informal Education
Goals' Attainment in Science-Technology-Society (S/T/S) Education: Expectations and Reality. A Probe Into the Case of British Columbia.
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Zoller, Uri; And Others – 1988
Based on the belief that students should have a better understanding of technology and science and their interaction with society, the course Science and Technology 11 (ST 11), was proposed in 1984 for students in grade 11 in British Columbia (Canada) who did not elect one of the existing science courses. In September 1986, this new STS course was…
Descriptors: Course Content, Decision Making, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
Manitoba Science Assessment Program 1980. Final Report.
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Measurement and Evaluation Branch. – 1981
This seven-chapter report presents information on the 1980 assessment of students' science performance in the province of Manitoba. Chapter I describes the nature of and steps involved in the assessment. Chapters II, III, and IV present, analyze and discuss achievement and attitude results for grades 5, 8, and 11, respectively. Achievement results…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biological Sciences, Earth Science, Elementary School Science
The No Change in Junior Secondary Students' Attitudes toward Science in a Period of Curriculum Change: A Probe into the Case of British Columbia.
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Ebenezer, Jazlin V.; Zoller, Uri – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Compared the science attitudes of tenth-grade students from British Columbia, Canada, in 1986 with those from tenth-grade students in 1989 after a three-year science-technology-society instructional period. No positive change in students' attitudes toward science was registered. (13 references) (MDH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Awareness, Computer Uses in Education, Conservation (Environment)