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Hand, Brian; Norton-Meier, Lori A.; Gunel, Murat; Akkus, Recai – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
How can classrooms become communities of inquiry that connect intellectually challenging science content with language-based activities (opportunities to talk, listen, read, and write) especially in settings with diverse populations? This question guided a 3-year mixed-methods research study using the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) approach in…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Inquiry, Mixed Methods Research, Science Instruction
Gunel, Murat; Yesildag-Hasancebi, Funda – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2016
In the construction and sharing of scientific knowledge, modal representations such as text, graphics, pictures, and mathematical expressions are commonly used. Due to the increasing importance of their role in the production and communication of science, modal representations have become a topic of growing interest in science education research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Learning Processes, Visual Aids
Demirbag, Mehmet; Gunel, Murat – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2014
This study aims to investigate the effect of integrating the Argument-Based Science Inquiry (ABSI) approach with multi-modal representations on students' achievement, and their argumentation and writing skills. The study was conducted with 62 female and 57 male college students at the Central Anatolian Turkish University. All participants were in…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Science Instruction, Writing Skills, Persuasive Discourse
Kingir, Sevgi; Geban, Omer; Gunel, Murat – Research in Science Education, 2013
This study investigated the effect of the Science Writing Heuristic (SWH) approach on grade 9 students' understanding of chemical change and mixture concepts. Four intact classes taught by two chemistry teachers from a Turkish public high school were selected for the study; one class was assigned as the treatment group, and the other class was…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Writing (Composition), Heuristics, Statistical Analysis
Hand, Brian; Gunel, Murat; Ulu, Cuneyt – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
In the study of science topics especially in physics students are expected to move between different modes of representation when dealing with a particular concept as any science concept can be represented in several different modes. The difficulty for students is that they are often unable to move between these multi-modal representations and…
Descriptors: Physics, Test Construction, Science Education, Visual Aids
Gunel, Murat; Hand, Brian; McDermott, Mark Andrew – Learning and Instruction, 2009
Writing-to-learn activities in science classrooms can have an impact on student learning. This study sought to examine if the audience for which students write explanations of biology concepts affects their understanding of these concepts. One hundred eighteen Year 9/10 biology students from four classes participated in the study. There were four…
Descriptors: Audiences, Biology, Educational Strategies, Science Instruction
Gunel, Murat – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2008
Much research has been done and reform is suggested relating to teachers' implementation of student-oriented learning environments, yet research on the role, beliefs, pedagogy, and knowledge of teachers simultaneously in classroom environments has been minimal (Kyle, 1994, "Journal of Research in Science Teaching", 31, 785-786). This…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Prior Learning, Science Teachers, Grade 7
Gunel, Murat; Hand, Brian; Prain, Vaughan – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2007
This study is a secondary analysis of six previous studies that formed part of an ongoing research program focused on examining the benefits of using writing-to-learn strategies within science classrooms. The study is an attempt to make broader generalizations than those based on individual studies, given limitations related to sample sizes,…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Classrooms, Science Instruction, Classroom Environment
Akkus, Recai; Gunel, Murat; Hand, Brian – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
Many state and federal governments have mandated in such documents as the National Science Education Standards that inquiry strategies should be the focus of the teaching of science within school classrooms. The difficult part for success is changing teacher practices from perceived traditional ways of teaching to more inquiry-based approaches.…
Descriptors: Test Results, Science Achievement, Heuristics, Scores
Gunel, Murat; Hand, Brian; Gunduz, Sevket – Science Education, 2006
Physics as a subject for school students requires an understanding and ability to move between different modes of representation for the concepts under review. However, the inability of students to have a multimodal understanding of the concepts is seen as restricting their understandings of the concepts. The aim of this study was to explore the…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Quantum Mechanics, Physics, Science Instruction