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Bächtold, Manuel; Pallarès, Gwen; De Checchi, Kévin; Munier, Valérie – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2023
This study aimed to investigate the evolution of students' written argumentation on socioscientific issues (SSIs) during a sequence combining two teaching strategies: debate practice on SSIs and reflective activities on the argumentation produced by students. The quality of their argumentation was assessed considering a set of norms characterizing…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Science and Society, Debate, Late Adolescents
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Rosenberg, Joshua M.; Reid, Joshua W.; Dyer, Elizabeth B.; Koehler, Matthew; Fischer, Christian; McKenna, Thomas J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2020
The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) chat (#NGSSchat) is a social media-based professional network used to discuss topics related to the NGSS in the United States. While successful reforms involve and coordinate the work of multiple stakeholders, recent research points out a striking lack of coordination between the individuals working in…
Descriptors: Social Media, Computer Mediated Communication, Synchronous Communication, Network Analysis
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Setterdahl, Aaron T. – Journal of Teaching and Learning with Technology, 2021
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causing the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is tragic, yet we can still learn a great deal about the virus and its effects. The biochemistry of the virus is rather interesting despite its ill effects, and it is important to know how it works to understand how to defeat…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Biochemistry, Undergraduate Students
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Hilgers, Michael G.; Flachsbart, Barry B.; Elrod, Cassandra C. – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2012
Purpose: As international boundaries fade and financial pressures increase, universities are redefining the norm in educational models. The move from a synchronous classroom to a blended classroom or a completely asynchronous environment has forced faculty to be creative in delivery while overcoming complexities in the associated infrastructure.…
Descriptors: International Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Internet
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Epp, Erik M.; Green, Kellie F.; Rahman, Aliya M.; Weaver, Gabriela C. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2010
The characteristics of the online environment alter how students and instructors interact. Scientific discourse among students and instructors in an online text-only synchronous environment was analyzed. In converting dialogue to text, many of the nonverbal cues, such as facial expression and tone of voice, which instructors use to gauge student…
Descriptors: Cues, Nonverbal Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Interaction
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Tsai, I-Chun; Laffey, James M.; Hanuscin, Deborah – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2010
The purpose of this study was to understand how teachers participate in and benefit from an online community of practice (NETwork) for learning to teach. Dependent-samples t-tests were employed to examine the significant differences of members' perceptions of their social experience, while content analysis was utilized to identify members'…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Elementary School Science, Educational Technology, Content Analysis
Kouwenhoven, Wim, Ed. – InTech, 2009
From 3rd to 5th March 2008 the International Association of Technology, Education and Development organised its International Technology, Education and Development Conference in Valencia, Spain. Over a hundred papers were presented by participants from a great variety of countries. Summarising, this book provides a kaleidoscopic view of work that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Educational Technology, Professional Training
National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2011
This volume presents 64 abstracts of keynote and parallel paper presentations of the Irish National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning's (NAIRTL) conference on the theme of flexible learning. The Flexible Learning conference was a joint initiative by NAIRTL and the Learning Innovation Network. The keynote presentations can…
Descriptors: Open Education, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Educational Technology