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Thinking, Doing, Talking Science: The Effect on Attainment and Attitudes of a Professional Development Programme to Provide Cognitively Challenging Primary Science Lessons
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Hanley, Pam; Wilson, Helen; Holligan, Bridget; Elliott, Louise – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
This study investigates the impact of a professional development programme for teachers that encourages more cognitively challenging, practical, and interactive science lessons. Using a Randomised Controlled Trial, its impact was measured by pupil learning outcomes. Pupils aged 9-10 at 42 primary (elementary) schools in Oxfordshire (England) were…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Faculty Development, Outcomes of Education
Supporting 3rd-Grade Students Model-Based Explanations about Groundwater: A Quasi-Experimental Study of a Curricular Intervention
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Zangori, Laura; Vo, Tina; Forbes, Cory T.; Schwarz, Christina V. – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
Scientific modelling is a key practice in which K-12 students should engage to begin developing robust conceptual understanding of natural systems, including water. However, little past research has explored primary students' learning about groundwater, engagement in scientific modelling, and/or the ways in which teachers conceptualise and…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Quasiexperimental Design
An Experimental Study of a Museum-Based, Science PD Programme's Impact on Teachers and Their Students
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Aaron Price, C.; Chiu, A. – International Journal of Science Education, 2018
We present results of an experimental study of an urban, museum-based science teacher PD programme. A total of 125 teachers and 1676 of their students in grades 4-8 were tested at the beginning and end of the school year in which the PD programme took place. Teachers and students were assessed on subject content knowledge and attitudes towards…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Museums, Science Instruction, Science Teachers
Learning about Inheritance in an Out-of-School Setting
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Dairianathan, Anne; Subramaniam, R. – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate primary students' learning through participation in an out-of-school enrichment programme, held in a science centre, which focused on DNA and genes and whether participation in the programme led to an increased understanding of inheritance as well as promoted interest in the topic. The sample consisted…
Descriptors: Student Interests, Multiple Choice Tests, Surveys, Student Attitudes
Improving Science and Mathematics Instruction: The SINUS Project as an Example for Reform as Teacher Professional Development
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Ostermeier, Christian; Prenzel, Manfred; Duit, Reinders – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
This article presents an example of teacher professional development based on a perspective of situated learning and implemented on a large scale. We consider teacher professional development from three perspectives. First, teacher professional development is a key factor in improving classroom instruction. Second, teacher professional development…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Measures (Individuals), Educational Change, Faculty Development
Effects of a Science Education Module on Attitudes towards Modern Biotechnology of Secondary School Students
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Klop, Tanja; Severiens, Sabine E.; Knippels, Marie-Christine P. J.; van Mil, Marc H. W.; Ten Dam, Geert T. M. – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
This article evaluated the impact of a four-lesson science module on the attitudes of secondary school students. This science module (on cancer and modern biotechnology) utilises several design principles, related to a social constructivist perspective on learning. The expectation was that the module would help students become more articulate in…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Student Attitudes