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Maria Martínez-Chico; Maria Rut Jiménez-Liso; Maria Evagorou – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2020
In this paper, we present the design of a teacher training sequence, emphasizing supporting pre-service teachers to reflect on their knowledge, skills, and emotions experienced when engaging in scientific practices. We consider such reflections being crucial in initial teacher training because they can make pre-service teachers aware of the…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education
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Scheerens, Jaap; Marks, Gary N. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2017
Educational effectiveness research separates hypothetical causes of performance differences into "given", "contextual", "endogenous", or simply "prior" conditions, on the one hand, and malleable factors, or treatments, on the other hand. Recent studies indicate that the effects of background conditions tend…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Effect Size, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Burg, Carol A. – i.e.: inquiry in education, 2018
Since the publication of the 2000 PISA results highlighting Finland's school children ranking #1 in the world for reading, and #3 for mathematics and science, fascination with Finland's educational system has piqued the interest of educational researchers worldwide. Researchers have been captivated by the paradoxes of the Finnish education system:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Methods, Academic Achievement, Equal Education
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Goos, Merrilyn – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2016
At the special conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT), the author was asked to speak about the challenges and opportunities in teaching mathematics as a stimulus for discussion of AAMT's "future directions". With an open invitation to be a little provocative, the author…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Qualifications
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Childs, Peter E. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2009
Despite several decades of research into the teaching and learning of Science/Chemistry, at both secondary and tertiary level, it has had relatively little impact on practice. In many countries interest in studying Science at school and university is falling, and there is concern over falling numbers and falling standards. There is a changing…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Education, Educational Improvement, Research and Development