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Murphy, Ashley N.; Luna, Melissa J.; Bernstein, Malayna B. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
Much of the literature on science teaching suggests that elementary teachers lack relevant prior experiences with science. This study begins to reframe the deficit approach to research in science teaching by privileging the experiences elementary teachers have had with science--both in and out of schools--throughout their lives. Our work uses…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Science Experiments, Teaching Methods
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Viennot, Laurence; de Hosson, Cécile – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This research documents the aims and the impact of a teaching experiment on how the absorption of light depends on the thickness of the absorbing medium. This teaching experiment is more specifically characterized as bringing to bear a "concept-driven interactive pathway". It is designed to make students analyse the absorption of light…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Light, Science Experiments