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Direct linkTomas, Louisa; Ritchie, Stephen M. – Research in Science Education, 2012
In order to understand better the role of affect in learning about socio-scientific issues (SSI), this study investigated Year 12 students' emotional arousal as they participated in an online writing-to-learn science project about the socio-scientific issue of biosecurity. Students wrote a series of hybridised scientific narratives, or BioStories,…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Science Projects, Environmental Education, Self Efficacy
Psycharis, Sarantos – Computers & Education, 2011
Contemporary instructional approaches expect students to be active producers of knowledge. This leads to the need for creation of instructional tools and tasks that can offer students opportunities for active learning. This study examines the effect of a computational experiment as an instructional tool-for Grade 12 students, using a computer…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Physics, Discovery Learning, Active Learning
Download full textGalvao, Cecilia; Reis, Pedro; Freire, Sofia – Science Education International, 2008
In this paper, we present data related to how a Portuguese teacher developed the module "A big problem for Magellan: Food preservation." Students were asked to plan an investigation in order to identify which were the best food preservation methods in the XV and XVI centuries of Portuguese overseas navigation, and then establish a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science and Society, Science Course Improvement Projects, Food Service
