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Verstege, Sjors; Lamot, Wander; Vincken, Jean-Paul; Diederen, Julia – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Laboratory education makes up an extensive part of natural science education at universities. To support meaningful learning during laboratory work, students should prepare by carefully studying the protocols. The aim of this study was to design and evaluate a preparative learning material that focuses on protocol steps with the design goal to…
Descriptors: Science Education, Chemistry, College Students, Curriculum Design
William Edward Falkner – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The goals of nonmajor science education are to improve scientific literacy and produce pro-science attitudes. Together, these goals are expected to improve an individual's ability to make evidence-based decisions based on newer understandings of the natural world as well as developing technologies. In a post-COVID-19 world, public understanding of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Nonmajors, Biology, Undergraduate Students
Muammer Çalik; Antuni Wiyarsi – International Journal of Science Education, 2025
Given little research using meta-analysis for SSI-based interventions and their limitations (e.g. data selection and analysis processes), further study is needed to validate previous findings and provide a broader sense of the effectiveness of SSI-based interventions in promoting scientific literacy. Therefore, this study aimed to…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Science and Society, Science Curriculum, Science Education
S. Satanassi; O. Levrini – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
Quantum information science and technology is a growing field. Programs like Quantum Flagship in the EU and the National Quantum Initiative Act in the U.S. have called for science education and science education research to provide efforts and competencies for preparing the workforce and the next generations of quantum experts and promoting…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Social Sciences, Humanities Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
Harlow, Danielle B.; Otero, Valerie K.; Leak, Anne E.; Robinson, Steve; Price, Edward; Goldberg, Fred – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Curriculum Development: Theory into Design.] Fifteen years ago, following recommendations from research on science education for prospective teachers and for students more broadly, "Physics and Everyday Thinking" introduced activities within an inquiry-based undergraduate physics course…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Physics, College Science
Gilchrist, Pamela O.; Alexander, Alonzo B.; Green, Adrian J.; Sanders, Frieda E.; Hooker, Ashley Q.; Reif, David M. – Education Sciences, 2021
Computational thinking is an essential skill in the modern global workforce. The current public health crisis has highlighted the need for students and educators to have a deeper understanding of epidemiology. While existing STEM curricula has addressed these topics in the past, current events present an opportunity for new curricula that can be…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Curriculum, STEM Education, Informal Education
Garner, Pamela W.; Gabitova, Nuria; Gupta, Anuradha; Wood, Thomas – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2018
We report on the development of an after-school and summer-based science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curriculum infused with the arts and social emotional learning content (STEAM SEL). Its design was motivated by theory and research that suggest that STEM education is well-suited for teaching empathy and other emotion-related skills.…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Science Education, Social Development, Emotional Development
Phaeton, Mukaro Joe; Stears, Michèle – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
The research reported on here is part of a larger study exploring the alignment of the intended, implemented and attained curriculum with regard to practical work in the Zimbabwean A-level Biology curriculum. In this paper we focus on the alignment between the intended and implemented A-Level Biology curriculum through the lens of teachers'…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Biology, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries
Fonger, Nicole L.; Stephens, Ana; Blanton, Maria; Isler, Isil; Knuth, Eric; Gardiner, Angela Murphy – Cognition and Instruction, 2018
Learning progressions have been demarcated by some for science education, or only concerned with levels of sophistication in student thinking as determined by logical analyses of the discipline. We take the stance that learning progressions can be leveraged in mathematics education as a form of curriculum research that advances a linked…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Mathematics Education, Algebra, Research and Development
Oates, Tim – School Science Review, 2014
This article explores the rationale for the 2011-2013 review of the National Curriculum in England, a rationale informed by the work of an Expert Panel chaired by the author. The focus is on the fundamental principles that determine the nature and content of the curriculum. The approach adopted by the review is contrasted with that adopted when…
Descriptors: Science Education, National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Vesterinen, Veli-Matti; Aksela, Maija – Science & Education, 2013
To enhance students' understanding of nature of science (NOS), teachers need adequate pedagogical content knowledge related to NOS. The educational design research study presented here describes the design and development of a pre-service chemistry teacher education course on NOS instruction. The study documents two iterative cycles of…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Chemistry, Preservice Teacher Education, Education Courses
Condliffe, Barbara – MDRC, 2017
The concept of project-based learning (PBL) has garnered wide support among a number of K-12 education policy advocates and funders. This working paper builds on and updates a seminal literature review of PBL published in 2000. Focused primarily on articles and studies that have emerged in the 17 years since then, the working paper discusses the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Projects, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Principles
Whitehouse, Mary – School Science Review, 2014
Backward design provides a framework for curriculum planning that can be used at unit, course or school level. The approach places assessment at the heart of the planning process. In this article the ideas of backward design are outlined and their application to a current curriculum development project, York Science, is described.
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Instructional Design, Curriculum Enrichment
Klymkowsky, Michael W.; Cooper, Melanie M. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2012
There is a growing acknowledgement that STEM education, at all levels, is not producing learners with a deep understanding of core disciplinary concepts. A number of efforts in STEM education reform have focused on the development of "student-centered" active learning environments, which, while believed to be more effective, have yet to be widely…
Descriptors: Science Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Scientific Concepts
Kazempour, Mahsa; Amirshokoohi, Aidin – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2013
This article discusses the key components of a reform-based introductory undergraduate environmental science course for nonscience majors and elementary teacher candidates as well as the impact of such components on the participants. The main goals for the course were to actively engage the students in their learning and, in doing so, to enhance…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Environmental Education, Undergraduate Study, Curriculum Development