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The Enduring Effects of Early-Learned Ideas and Local Folklore on Children's Astronomy Knowledge
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Blown, Eric J.; Bryce, Tom G. K. – Research in Science Education, 2020
The research described here examined the sources of knowledge of astronomy of children (age 3-18) in China and New Zealand, together with the development of their awareness of competing sources, ranging from everyday language, childhood literature and folklore to the scientific accounts prevalent in schools. The authors cite examples of the…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Folk Culture, Children, Adolescents
Supporting Teachers' Understanding of Nature of Science and Inquiry through Personal Experience and Perception of Inquiry as a Dynamic Process
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Zion, Michal; Schwartz, Renee S.; Rimerman-Shmueli, Esther; Adler, Idit – Research in Science Education, 2020
One of today's challenges in science education involves the development of appropriate conceptions of inquiry teaching and realizing how these experiences can support students' understanding of the nature of science and inquiry (NOS and NOSI). To meet this challenge, we developed a course for in-service science teachers, in which…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Inservice Teacher Education, Scientific Literacy, Scientific Principles
Developing a Learning Progression of Buoyancy to Model Conceptual Change: A Latent Class and Rule Space Model Analysis
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Gao, Yizhu; Zhai, Xiaoming; Andersson, Björn; Zeng, Pingfei; Xin, Tao – Research in Science Education, 2020
We applied latent class analysis and the rule space model to verify the cumulative characteristic of conceptual change by developing a learning progression for buoyancy. For this study, we first abstracted seven attributes of buoyancy and then developed a hypothesized learning progression for buoyancy. A 14-item buoyancy instrument was…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Concept Formation, Middle School Students, Grade 8
Confidence in the Knowledge Base of English Language Learners Studying Science: Using Agency to Compensate for the Lack of Adequate Linguistic Identity
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Hayes, Aneta L.; Mansour, Nasser – Research in Science Education, 2017
Changes in the cultural and linguistic environments of learners are often associated with identity shifts. The aim of this study was to explore what identity shifts occur when science students from Bahraini national schools transition to an international university. The role of two aspects of learner identity--that is, English proficiency and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Science Education
Development and Nature of Preservice Chemistry Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Nature of Science
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Demirdögen, Betül; Hanuscin, Deborah L.; Uzuntiryaki-Kondakci, Esen; Köseoglu, Fitnat – Research in Science Education, 2016
The purpose of this case study is to delve into the complexities of the early development of preservice chemistry teachers' science teaching orientations, knowledge of learners, knowledge of instructional strategies, and knowledge of assessment during a two-semester intervention designed to enhance their pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) for…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Instruction, Chemistry
Does Problem Solving = Prior Knowledge + Reasoning Skills in Earth Science? An Exploratory Study
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Chang, Chun-Yen – Research in Science Education, 2010
This study examined the interrelationship between tenth-grade students' problem solving ability (PSA) and their domain-specific knowledge (DSK) as well as reasoning skills (RS) in a secondary school of Taiwan. The PSA test was designed to emphasize students' divergent-thinking ability (DTA) and convergent-thinking ability (CTA) subscales in the…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Earth Science, Problem Solving, Effect Size