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Wei, Bing; Jiang, Zhimeng; Gai, Lichun – Science & Education, 2022
Practical work is a distinctive feature of school science and has close associations with scientific experiment and scientific methods as well. In this study, the nature of practical work was examined in the view of the diversity of scientific methods. Based on an analytical framework derived from Brandon's matrix consisting of four categories of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Textbook Evaluation, Biology, Chemistry
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Lin, Xiao-Fan; Tang, Dandan; Shen, Weipeng; Liang, Zhong-Mei; Tang, Yaner; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
This study examines the correlations between perceived technology-assisted teacher support; student hardiness (i.e. individual commitment, challenge, and control); and technology-embedded scientific inquiry (TESI) using a mediational model approach. Data were gathered from the series of questionnaires administered to 1566 Chinese students with an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Scientific Research, Student Characteristics
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Liu, Yingjie; Hannafin, Robert D. – Journal of Research in International Education, 2010
This qualitative study based on Gee's (2001) identity theory examined and compared how American and Chinese middle school students develop identities towards science, culture and technology in an intercultural web-assisted scientific inquiry project. Through analysis of online discussions, videoconferences, interviews, surveys and fieldnotes, we…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Learning Activities, Qualitative Research, Self Concept