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Berland, Leema K.; Schwarz, Christina V.; Krist, Christina; Kenyon, Lisa; Lo, Abraham S.; Reiser, Brian J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2016
Recent research and policy documents call for engaging students and teachers in scientific practices such that the goal of science education shifts from students "knowing" scientific and epistemic ideas, to students "developing and using" these understandings as tools to make sense of the world. This perspective pushes students…
Descriptors: Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Science Process Skills
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Preston, Christine – Teaching Science, 2016
This article is the second in "Teaching Science's" "Try This" series. These hands-on activities are designed especially for early childhood students to encourage their natural curiosity and promote development of scientific thinking. In this activity, the problem-based learning approach means that the children are engaged in a…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Inquiry, Problem Based Learning, Hands on Science
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Crowley, Julianne; Titmus, Morgan – Teaching Science, 2016
This article explores an alternative conception held by high school and first-year university biology students regarding the structure of the left and right ventricles of the heart and the significance of the left ventricular wall being thicker than the right. The left ventricular wall of the heart is thicker than the right ventricular wall due to…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Human Body, Scientific Concepts
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Lujan, Heidi L.; DiCarlo, Stephen E. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2015
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) strongly recommends that "science be taught as science is practiced." This means that the teaching approach must be consistent with the nature of scientific inquiry. In this article, the authors describe how they added scientific inquiry to a large lecture-based physiology…
Descriptors: Physiology, Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Instruction
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Anderhag, P.; Wickman, P.-O.; Hamza, K. M. – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2015
In this paper we present a methodological approach for analyzing the transformation of interest in science through classroom talk and action. To this end, we use the construct of "taste for science" as a social and communicative operationalization, or proxy, to the more psychologically oriented construct of interest. To gain a taste for…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Science Interests, Student Interests
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Schroeder, Lianne; Bierdz, Joshua; Wink, Donald J.; King, Maripat; Daubenmire, Patrick L.; Clark, Ginevra A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
We implemented a laboratory curriculum reform to teach foundational concepts in chemistry, particularly those concepts related to healthcare, in a chemistry course for prenursing students. Here, we discuss the reform, exploring how students built upon understandings gained in lab and correlating lab learning to course outcomes. We further discuss…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Undergraduate Study, College Science
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Thadani, Vandana; Roth, Kathleen J.; Garnier, Helen E.; Seyarto, Melanie C.; Thompson, Jennifer L.; Froidevaux, Nicole M. – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2018
We investigated what a cognitive framework for measuring classroom teaching could reveal about (a) the impact of a professional development (PD) program on teaching practices and (b) the relationship between teaching practices and student science learning. To conduct this study, we leveraged a collaboration between two entirely independent…
Descriptors: Models, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques
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Underwood, Janice Bell; Mensah, Felicia Moore – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2018
Science teacher educators (STEs) openly suggest that kindergarten-Grade 12 teachers must be prepared to teach all students, especially diverse learners, who may be marginalized in and by science; however, how STEs prepare preservice teachers to engage and empower diverse students in science teacher education needs further research. Therefore,…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Teacher Attitudes, Culturally Relevant Education, Science Teachers
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Styers, Melanie L.; Van Zandt, Peter A.; Hayden, Katherine L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
Although development of critical thinking skills has emerged as an important issue in undergraduate education, implementation of pedagogies targeting these skills across different science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines has proved challenging. Our goal was to assess the impact of targeted interventions in (1) an introductory…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Biological Sciences, Science Instruction, Critical Thinking
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Mason, Andrew J.; Bertram, Charles A. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
When considering performing an Introductory Physics for Life Sciences course transformation for one's own institution, life science majors' achievement goals are a necessary consideration to ensure the pedagogical transformation will be effective. However, achievement goals are rarely an explicit consideration in physics education research topics…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Physics, Science Instruction, Majors (Students)
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Piliouras, Panagiotis; Plakitsi, Katerina; Seroglou, Fanny; Papantoniou, Georgia – Research in Science Education, 2018
The nature of science (NOS) has become a central goal of science education in many countries. This study refers to a "developmental work research" program, in which four fifth-grade elementary in-service teachers participated. It aimed to improve their understandings of NOS and their abilities to teach it effectively to their students.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Scientific Principles, Faculty Development, Grade 5
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Hsu, Pei-Ling – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2018
Internships in science research settings have received increasing attention as a means of helping students construct appropriate understandings, practices, tools, and language in scientific activities. To advance student-scientist partnerships beyond the status quo, the study aimed to investigate how cogenerative dialogs (cogens) may help high…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Dialogs (Language), High School Students
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Kang, Rui; Skinner, Felicia; Hyatt, Charles – School Science and Mathematics, 2018
African American students have been systematically discouraged from taking advanced courses in science and math. In addition, low Advanced Placement (AP) exam passing rates among African American students raise further concerns regarding whether accessibility alone adequately addresses the issue of equity. However, little research has been…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Learning Experience, Science Instruction, Science Tests
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Muelleman, Andrew W.; Glaser, Rainer E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
Literacy requires reading comprehension, and fostering reading skills is an essential prerequisite to and a synergistic enabler of the development of writing skills. Reading comprehension in the chemical sciences not only consists of the understanding of text but also includes the reading and processing of data tables, schemes, and graphs. Thus,…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Literacy, College Science
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Brown, Corina E.; Henry, Melissa L. M.; Hyslop, Richard M. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
This study explores the acid-base topic in the context of a chemistry course taken as a prerequisite for a baccalaureate nursing program. Core findings were derived from semistructured interviews with experts in the areas of chemistry and nursing, and a multiple university survey of experts' opinions. The acid-base topic was reviewed and evaluated…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, College Science, Undergraduate Study
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