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Explicit Nature of Science and Argumentation Instruction in the Context of Socioscientific Issues: An Effect on Student Learning and Transfer
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Khishfe, Rola – International Journal of Science Education, 2014
The purpose of the study was two-fold: to (a) investigate the influence of explicit nature of science (NOS) and explicit argumentation instruction in the context of a socioscientific issue on the argumentation skills and NOS understandings of students, and (b) explore the transfer of students' NOS understandings and argumentation skills learned in…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Persuasive Discourse, Science and Society
A Look into Students' Retention of Acquired Nature of Science Understandings
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Khishfe, Rola – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Having the learning and retention of science content and skills as a goal of scientific literacy, it is significant to study the issue of retention as it relates to teaching and learning about nature of science (NOS). Then, the purpose of this study was to investigate the development of NOS understandings of students, and the retention of these…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Process Skills, Scientific Principles, Scientific Literacy