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"Unless You Can Explain": Voices of Graduate Students and Their Professor Regarding the Importance of Science Communication Course
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Suprapto, Nadi; Ku, Chih-Hsiung; Chang, Te-Sheng – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2021
This study aimed to analyse the experiences of graduate students and their professor deal with science communication courses. Capturing the nature and the pedagogic experiences of the courses and describing the trend issues around them were the main focus of this study. By using a constructivist approach, eight graduate students and one Professor…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Value Judgment
Elementary School Students' Science Talk Ability in Inquiry-Oriented Settings in Taiwan: Test Development, Verification, and Performance Benchmarks
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Lin, Sheau-Wen; Liu, Yu; Chen, Shin-Feng; Wang, Jing-Ru; Kao, Huey-Lien – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to develop a computer-based measure of elementary students' science talk and to report students' benchmarks. The development procedure had three steps: defining the framework of the test, collecting and identifying key reference sets of science talk, and developing and verifying the science talk instrument. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Young Adolescents' Intentional Use of Science News
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Tsai, Pei-Ying; Chang, Wen-Hua; Chen, Sufen; Chang, Huey-Por – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2014
Profiling adolescent students' intentional use of science news reports can inform science news-infused instruction. This study reports on the development and validation of a Views of Science News Instruction Questionnaire (VSNIQ) designed to explore Grade 7 (12-13 years old) students' views of reasoning with respect to science news. Forty items…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Early Adolescents, Intention
How Might Adults Learn about New Science and Technology? The Case of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
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Gilbert, John Kenward; Lin, Huann-shyang – International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2013
The nature of nanoscience and nanotechnology (collectively, nano) are discussed as important examples of the modern sciences and technologies that are having an increasing impact on all aspects of life. In this Position paper, general proposals are made for the levels of understanding of nano that might be attained by whole populations. The ideas…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Science Education, Molecular Structure
A Study on the Learning Efficiency of Multimedia-Presented, Computer-Based Science Information
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Guan, Ying-Hua – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
This study investigated the effects of multimedia presentations on the efficiency of learning scientific information (i.e. information on basic anatomy of human brains and their functions, the definition of cognitive psychology, and the structure of human memory). Experiment 1 investigated whether the modality effect could be observed when the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Multimedia Instruction, Information Processing, Scientific and Technical Information
The Information Commitments toward Web Information among Medical Students in Taiwan
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Liang, Jyh-Chong; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate medical students' information commitments toward online web medical information. The sample consisted of 534 volunteer medical university students with internet experience from 6 medical universities in Taiwan. This study used the Information Commitment Survey (ICS) for an investigation of medical…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Search Strategies, Foreign Countries, Internet
Exploring the Structural Relationships between High School Students' Scientific Epistemological Views and Their Utilization of Information Commitments toward Online Science Information
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Lin, Chia-Ching; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
The main purpose of this study was to examine the structural relationships between scientific epistemological views (SEVs) and information commitments (ICs) of high school students in Taiwan. Data were collected from 486 Taiwanese high school students via two self-reporting instruments: one was the SEV questionnaire, including five scales for…
Descriptors: High School Students, Constructivism (Learning), Epistemology, Student Attitudes