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McGregor, Debra, Ed.; Anderson, Dayle, Ed. – Contributions from Science Education Research, 2023
This book presents a wide range of international perspectives that explore the different ways the diverse forms of drama supports learning in science. It illustrates how learning science by adopting and adapting theatrical techniques can offer more inclusive ways for students to relate to scientific ideas and concepts. The theatrical processes by…
Descriptors: Science Education, Drama, Theater Arts, Teaching Methods
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Altinay, Fahriye, Ed. – IntechOpen, 2020
This book has three sections on the role of technology in education. The first section covers the merits of online learning and environment. The second section of the book gives insight on new technologies in learning and teaching. The third section of the book underlines the importance of new tendencies for the technology in education. There is a…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Online Courses, Electronic Learning
Randall, David; Welser, Christopher – National Association of Scholars, 2018
A reproducibility crisis afflicts a wide range of scientific and social-scientific disciplines, from epidemiology to social psychology. Improper research techniques, lack of accountability, disciplinary and political groupthink, and a scientific culture biased toward producing positive results together have produced a critical state of affairs.…
Descriptors: Scientific Methodology, Replication (Evaluation), Scientific Research, Guidelines
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Honey, Margaret, Ed.; Schweingruber, Heidi, Ed.; Brenner, Kerry, Ed.; Gonring, Phil, Ed. – National Academies Press, 2021
Scientific thinking and understanding are essential for all people navigating the world, not just for scientists and other science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professionals. Knowledge of science and the practice of scientific thinking are essential components of a fully functioning democracy. Science is also crucial for the…
Descriptors: Science Education, STEM Education, Educational Opportunities, Access to Education
Hall, Rogers – 2000
This chapter discusses difficulties encountered in research on teaching and learning mathematics to illustrate a set of core problems with appropriate uses of video as data. Problems include: (1) processes of collecting video data and making selections from it are usually deleted from research accounts; (2) production values that are preserved in…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Qualitative Research
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Science Education. – 1980
Presented is a compendium of quantitative information portraying science education in the United States. The data, gathered from a wide variety of sources, are assembled into six chapters including resources, participation, attitudes, goals and needs, test data, degree data, and employment in science and engineering. Each entry consists of a chart…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Research, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Pauker, Robert A.; Roy, Kenneth Russell – 1991
Science process skills such as observing, classifying, inferring, interpreting, predicting, and hypothesizing can all be classified as a sub category of thinking skills. This book is part of the series "Strategies for Learning" that focuses on the step-by-step development and application of thinking skills as a vehicle for learning science. The…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demonstrations (Science)
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
Hin, Leo Tan Wee, Ed.; Subramaniam, R., Ed. – Information Science Publishing, 2005
"E-Learning and Virtual Science Centers" addresses an aspect of Web-based education that has not attracted sufficient attention in the international research literature--that of virtual science centers, the cyberspace annex of traditional science centers. It is the first book to be published on the rapidly advancing field of science education.…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Museums, Information Dissemination, Science Education