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Direct linkFerenc, Jaroslav; Cervenák, Filip; Bircák, Erik; Juríková, Katarína; Goffová, Ivana; Gorilák, Peter; Huraiová, Barbora; Plavá, Jana; Demecsová, Loriana; Duríková, Nikola; Galisová, Veronika; Gazdarica, Matej; Puškár, Marek; Nagy, Tibor; Nagyová, Sona; Mentelová, Lucia; Slaninová, Miroslava; Ševcovicová, Andrea; Tomáška, Lubomír – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2018
As future scientists, university students need to learn how to avoid making errors in their own manuscripts, as well as how to identify flaws in papers published by their peers. Here we describe a novel approach on how to promote students' ability to critically evaluate scientific articles. The exercise is based on instructing teams of students to…
Descriptors: College Students, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking, Science Process Skills
Sampaio, Marta; Leite, Carlinda – Education as Change, 2018
The main aim of this article is to give an overview of how the concept of social justice-- as linked to curricular and evaluation practices--has been developed in scientific publications over the years. To achieve this goal, a mapping study was carried out by collecting scientific publications from the Web of Science Core Collection. The analysis…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Scientific and Technical Information, Concept Mapping, Publications
Download full textChellappandi, P.; Vijayakumar, C. S. – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2018
This Article discusses the features and the use of Metrics such as Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, Webometrics, Informetrics and Altmetrics in the field of Library and Information Science Research at present.
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Library Science, Information Science, Library Research
Salazar R., Emanuel; Obaya V., Adolfo Eduardo; Giammatteo, Lucila; Vargas-Rodríguez, Yolanda – Online Submission, 2019
The didactic sequence relates atomic structure concepts (matter structure) with the different models that have been proposed to improve its study, making use of didactic elements that are related to students' reality where they become responsible of constructing knowledge by means of significant learning. Results were analyzed with Hake's gain…
Descriptors: Models, High School Students, Constructivism (Learning), Chemistry
Smets, Wouter; Struyven, Katrien – Cogent Education, 2018
Learning styles theory has been fiercely criticized, however, many educationalists continue to use learning style typologies. This study gives an argument as to why a hermeneutical perspective in the learning styles debate is needed. A critical discourse analysis (CDA) is presented on four critical texts that aim to discourage the use of learning…
Descriptors: Scientific and Technical Information, Technical Writing, Discourse Analysis, Cognitive Style
Alhamlan, Suad; Aljasser, Haya; Almajed, Asma; Omar, Sozan Hussain – International Education Studies, 2018
The paper investigates the trends of the Arabic research with the emphasis on the nature of science. Hence, a descriptive analytical approach, both qualitative and quantitative forms, was used to explore 42 online journals and articles. The research sample was defined by online journals and articles cover the question of the Nature of Science…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Mixed Methods Research, Case Studies, Scientific Principles
de la Fuente, Yohanis; Hokayem, Hayat – Journal of Biological Education, 2018
This study investigates how lower elementary students used the technical terms in the context of ecology. We interviewed 44 students using several scenarios related to the ecosystem. We determined the general frequency of technical terms used from a preselected list commonly employed by scientists in their discourse about ecosystems. Then, we…
Descriptors: Ecology, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Skills, Interviews
Osborne, Jonathan F.; Borko, Hilda; Fishman, Evan; Gomez Zaccarelli, Florencia; Berson, Eric; Busch, K. C.; Reigh, Emily; Tseng, Anita – American Educational Research Journal, 2019
This article reports an investigation of a professional development program to enhance elementary teachers' ability to engage their students in argument from evidence in science. Using a quasi-experimental approach, three versions were compared: Version A--a 1-week summer institute with a 2-week summer practicum experience and 8 follow-up days…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Persuasive Discourse, Elementary School Teachers, Learner Engagement
Bissonnette, Marianne; Chastenay, Pierre; Francoeur, Chantal – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2021
This research studies the critical thinking skills of six teenagers in their final years of high school. It looks at the way those students use a set of cognitive skills in order to analyze scientific and pseudoscientific information available in online news articles. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six students chosen according to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Seniors, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
Muniz, N. M.; Ariza-Montes, J. A.; Molina, H. – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2015
The generation of knowledge enables the development of adaptive capacities required by organizations that aspire to survive in competitive context; academic institutions are not oblivious to this. In fact, the generation and dissemination of scientific knowledge are ingrained within the DNA of university institutions, assuming knowledge creation…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Network Analysis, Scientific and Technical Information, Educational Research
Bornmann, Lutz; Haunschild, Robin – Research Evaluation, 2017
Bibliometrics is successful in measuring impact because the target is clearly defined: the publishing scientist who is still active and working. Thus, citations are a target-oriented metric which measures impact on science. In contrast, societal impact measurements based on altmetrics are as a rule intended to measure impact in a broad sense on…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Citations (References), Citation Analysis, Scientists
Topp, Kieren; Thai, Michael; Hryciw, Deanne H. – Environmental Education Research, 2019
The blending of entertainment and education is often used as a mechanism for communicating science to the general public. Key to dissemination of scientific information is cognitive engagement of the audience with the content. The authors describe a study investigating the relationship between entertaining videos and cognitive engagement of the…
Descriptors: Climate, Video Technology, Films, Popular Culture
Buckley, Jeffrey; Seery, Niall; Power, Jason; Phelan, Joseph – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2019
Background: Substantial research highlights the differences between scientific and technological knowledge. Considering that learning is heavily focused on the acquisition of knowledge, it is important to examine the individual and systematic implications of these types of knowledge. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact on…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Knowledge Level, Scientific and Technical Information, Instructional Effectiveness
Taylor, Melissa; Lamm, Alexa J.; Israel, Glenn D.; Rampold, Shelli D. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2018
Agricultural communicators and extension educators need to make scientific information about global warming, a critical component of climate change, more salient to the general public to increase knowledge and to encourage people to take action to mitigate its effect; however, views on global warming are diverse. Scientists have repeatedly shown…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Extension Education, Scientific and Technical Information, Information Dissemination
Zhong, Jihong – English Language Teaching, 2017
Abstract of a thesis is the brief and accurate representation of the thesis, with the important function of persuading readers to read on the thesis. So how the writer constructs the abstract and wins readers' recognition is our main focus. On the basis of Burke's Identification Theory, this paper analyzed 10 abstracts from "Nature" from…
Descriptors: Documentation, Theses, Rhetorical Criticism, Scientific and Technical Information
