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Christian Smoke – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Project-based learning (PjBL) instruction is an inquiry-based method that is beneficial to student achievement and their exploration of 21st-century learning skills, but there is a gap in the literature about how Grades 6 to 8 teachers feel about PjBL and its implementation. The research problem was science teachers in the United States were not…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Jennifer D. Hooper – ProQuest LLC, 2022
My dissertation is a pre-mid-post-test, quantitative research design, including surveys and written assessments, to answer these research questions: 1. How do students' science mindset vary over time when engaged in science inquiry activities? Is there a difference between male and female students? 2. Is there a relationship between 7th grade…
Descriptors: Correlation, Gender Differences, Self Concept, Middle School Students
Uke, Ifeyinwa – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There have been many attempts to address the deficits in traditional teaching methods for decades Multiple studies have been done on the Common Knowledge Construction Model (CKCM) and the results of each study has shown an improvement. The addition of relational conceptual change has added much needed improvement in teaching science. This study,…
Descriptors: Botany, Cytology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Nadine El-Awar – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As schools continue to focus on outcome-based instructional practices, less emphasis is placed on the creativity and reasoning necessary for students to become effective critical thinkers. As a result, students struggle to demonstrate creative problem-solving skills in the classroom. This study examines how the facilitation of an instructional…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Middle School Students, Science Instruction, Problem Solving
Macias, Meghan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
With school populations across the country becoming increasingly representative of students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, new considerations must be made to promote equitable and engaged science learning for all students (National Academy of Science, National Academy of Engineering, & Institute of Medicine [NAEEM], 2011).…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers, Standards, Science Curriculum
Tamara J. Heck – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The adoption and implementation of state science standards based on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) have posed significant challenges for the development and interpretation of science Large-Scale Assessments (LSA); specifically, the extent to which the assessment items align with the standards. Previous research has relied on large…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Student Experience, Science Instruction
Fredrica M. Nash – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Traditional science instruction typically follows an initiation- response-evaluation format and privileges curriculum reflective of Western, male, white, middle-class values, and knowledge which sometimes tends to exclude Black and Latinx students. This qualitative instrumental case study explored how a White male seventh-grade science teacher in…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Social Justice, Teaching Methods, Grade 7
Norwood, Michelle – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this qualitative action research study was to describe a middle-level science teacher's transition to an inquiry-based, progressivist, student-centered model from a traditional, teacher-centered model as well to document the student-participants' perceptions of the new model. The study population consisted of one-hundred…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Science Curriculum, Middle School Students, Grade 7
Askia, Rashida Esi – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Since the early 1980's, a push for equitable learning practices has resulted in the creation of culturally centered pedagogy to counter educational disparities targeting marginalized populations across disciplines--particularly within the Black/African American community. More recently, scholarship centering on race in science education, language…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers, Rural Schools, Cultural Awareness
Daniel, Jami L. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Given the rapid rate at which educational technology is continually evolving compounded by the rapid transition to digital learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and its aftermath, this research seeks to understand how one-to-one Chromebooks impact a variety of facets of the middle school science classroom. In three separate, yet related…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Middle School Students, Science Education
Rachmatullah, Arif – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation conducted a science classroom intervention using two instructional approaches, computational modeling and paper-based pictorial modeling, in the context of food webs. A series of research papers were written on the impact of the intervention on students' attitudes and learning, and on teachers via professional development and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Food, Intervention
Tara Ferland – ProQuest LLC, 2022
During the COVID-19 global pandemic students have been exposed to a multitude of stressors and disruptions to their every-day life. Mindfulness has been described in research as one tool to address anxiety and increase attention in young adolescent students (Goldin et al., 2008). This study's purpose was to understand the ways my seventh-grade…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Middle School Students, Metacognition
Camille E. Coley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This comprehensive study explores the experiences of underrepresented students who have participated in informal science education programs at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). Using qualitative methods, including interviews and participant observations, the research uncovers transformative insights shaping the educational landscape.…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, STEM Education, Informal Education, Science Education
Beerwinkle, Andrea Lynne – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The ability to comprehend science texts is not only an academic skill but a life skill. Currently, however, the majority of students across grade levels in the United States are reading below grade level "and" have science achievement below grade level. The text structure strategy, a reading comprehension strategy in which students are…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Achievement, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods
Hazell-O'Brien, Samantha Alexandra – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study examined the impact of sense of belonging on student engagement in math and science classrooms at an all-girls middle school. The sample was comprised of 129 seventh and eighth-grade students in three math classrooms and three science classrooms in an independent, urban all-girls middle and high school. My research design applied…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Females, Single Sex Schools, STEM Education