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Direct linkLederman, Judith; Lederman, Norman; Bartels, Selina; Jimenez, Juan; Akubo, Mark; Aly, Shereen; Bao, Chengcheng; Blanquet, Estelle; Blonder, Ron; Bologna Soares de Andrade, Mariana; Buntting, Catherine; Cakir, Mustafa; EL-Deghaidy, Heba; ElZorkani, Ahmed; Gaigher, Estelle; Guo, Shuchen; Hakanen, Arvi; Hamed Al-Lal, Soraya; Han-Tosunoglu, Cigdem; Hattingh, Annemarie; Hume, Anne; Irez, Serhat; Kay, Gillian; Kivilcan Dogan, Ozgur; Kremer, Kerstin; Kuo, Pi-Chu; Lavonen, Jari; Lin, Shu-Fen; Liu, Cheng; Liu, Enshan; Liu, Shiang-Yao; Lv, Bin; Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel; McDonald, Christine; Neumann, Irene; Pan, Yaozhen; Picholle, Eric; Rivero García, Ana; Rundgren, Carl-Johan; Santibáñez-Gómez, David; Saunders, Kathy; Schwartz, Renee; Voitle, Frauke; von Gyllenpalm, Jakob; Wei, Fangbing; Wishart, Jocelyn; Wu, Zhifeng; Xiao, Huang; Yalaki, Yalcin; Zhou, Qiaoxue – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Although understandings of scientific inquiry (as opposed to conducting inquiry) are included in science education reform documents around the world, little is known about what students have learned about inquiry during their elementary school years. This is partially due to the lack of any assessment instrument to measure understandings about…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Middle School Students, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Miller, Matthew; Hanley, Daniel; Brobst, Joseph – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2019
This article focuses on the impacts of a program designed to prepare elementary classroom teachers to mentor preservice teachers for effective science instruction. The mentor preparation program was grounded in research on effective science instruction and learning-focused mentoring. The goals of the mentoring professional development were to (a)…
Descriptors: Models, Program Effectiveness, Mentors, Elementary Education
Gormley, Katie; Birdsall, Sally; France, Bev – set: Research Information for Teachers, 2019
Socio-scientific issues (SSIs) are real-life problems which have a scientific basis yet require the consideration of social concerns. Using SSIs has been advocated as an approach to engage secondary-school students with science and this study aimed to explore the potential of such an approach in the primary-school classroom. The experiences and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Social Problems, Teaching Methods
Cormas, Peter C.; Middlemiss, Samantha – School Science and Mathematics, 2019
Mathematics and science have similar learning processes (SLPs) and it has been proposed that courses focused on these and other similarities promote transfer across disciplines. However, it is not known how the use of these processes in lessons taught to children change throughout a preservice teacher education course or which are most likely to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Mathematics
Bushnell, Adam, Ed.; Gill, Angela, Ed.; Waugh, David, Ed.; Smith, Rob, Ed. – SAGE Publications Ltd (UK), 2020
How do teachers identify the potential for greater depth writing and encourage children to meet their full potential? This book was created by people who are not only passionate about primary education, but who are also leading experts in their own particular areas. They have made use of their wide experience to offer practical guidance on greater…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Writing (Composition), Writing Teachers
Download full textErenler, Sumeyye; Cetin, Pinar Seda – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2019
Recent reform efforts in science education have brought scientific literacy to researchers' attention. Researchers have been searching for new instructional models to engage students' variety of scientific practices to fulfil the requirements of scientific literacy. Argument Driven Inquiry (ADI) is a novel instructional model that integrates the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Metacognition, Student Attitudes, Inquiry
Subramaniam, Karthigeyan; Esprívalo Harrell, Pamela – Educational Research, 2015
Background: Literature contends that a teacher's knowledge of concept map-based tasks influence how their students perceive the task and execute the creation of acceptable concept maps. Teachers who are skilled concept mappers are able to (1) understand and apply the operational terms to construct a hierarchical/non-hierarchical concept map; (2)…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Concept Mapping, Knowledge Level, Elementary Education
What Difference Does Art Make in Science? A Comparative Study of Meaning-Making at Elementary School
Jakobson, Britt; Wickman, Per-Olof – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2015
Here we examine the role art activities play in aesthetic experience and learning of science. We compare recordings of two sequential occurrences in an elementary school class. The purpose of the first sequence was scientific and involved the children in observing leaves with magnifiers. The second sequence had an artistic purpose, where the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Art Activities, Aesthetics, Science Instruction
Ross, Danielle K.; Cartier, Jennifer L. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2015
Without the science content knowledge required to effectively teach this discipline, many elementary teachers struggle without the support of curriculum materials. Curriculum materials are often the main means by which these science practices and canonical knowledge are incorporated into lessons. As part of a 5-year longitudinal research and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education, Science Instruction, Methods Courses
McKinnon, David H.; Danaia, Lena; Deehan, James – Journal of Astronomy & Earth Sciences Education, 2017
Over the past 20 years there have been numerous calls in Australia and beyond for extensive educational reforms to preservice teacher education in the sciences. Recommendations for science teacher education programs to integrate curriculum, instruction and assessment are at the forefront of such reforms. In this paper, we describe our scholarly…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Instructional Design
Kazempour, Mahsa – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2013
This qualitative case study aimed to focus on the experiences and subsequent science and science teaching beliefs, attitudes, and self-efficacy of an elementary pre-service teacher, Heather, with extremely positive attitude and high self-efficacy. For this particular population of pre-service teachers, possessing a high science teaching…
Descriptors: Scientific Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Science Instruction, Preservice Teachers
Gresnigt, Rens; Taconis, Ruurd; van Keulen, Hanno; Gravemeijer, Koeno; Baartman, Liesbeth – Studies in Science Education, 2014
Integrated curricula seem promising for the increase of attention on science and technology in primary education. A clear picture of the advantages and disadvantages of integration efforts could help curriculum innovation. This review has focused on integrated curricula in primary education from 1994 to 2011. The integrated curricula were…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Technology Education, Elementary Education, Integrated Curriculum
Wessels, Stephanie – Science and Children, 2013
In recent years, educators have become ever more aware of the critical role that vocabulary knowledge plays in the academic lives of their students. Vocabulary knowledge is fundamental to the comprehension of text and is most effective when it relates new words to students' existing vocabulary and background knowledge. Effective vocabulary…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Vocabulary Skills, Vocabulary, English for Academic Purposes
Cervetti, Gina; Pearson, P. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2012
In this commentary, the authors bring insights from their work on science-literacy integration at the elementary level to bear on the ongoing conversation about disciplinary literacy at the middle and secondary levels. In particular, the authors discuss what they have learned about inquiry, disciplinary reading strategies, and the role of text in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Literacy, Integrated Curriculum, Reading Strategies
Moore, Virginia J.; Chessin, Debby A.; Theobald, Becky – Science and Children, 2010
Insects are fascinating creatures--especially when you and your students get up close and personal with them! To that end, the authors facilitated an inquiry-based investigation with an emphasis on identification of the different types of insects found in the school yard, their characteristics, their habitat, and what they eat, while engaging the…
Descriptors: Entomology, Investigations, Inquiry, Problem Solving
