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Using research to understand the science learning context
1981
Science Education
This review .presents a broad perspective of the state of knowledge in science education, a description of existing treads;" the areas where research is needed, and tentative answers to persistent probltis ...
With 253: sixth graders, Wareing (322) foUnd no evidence that thesst dents' attitudes toward science were influenced by their learning, styles: t ' With too few studies' Of this element in the student ...
In a study with 284 fourth, fifth, and, sixth graders, Story and Brown (285) found a significant change in student attitude toward science when hands-on instruction was compared withicxpio6k,instruc-: ...
doi:10.1002/sce.3730650403
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A summary of research in science education — 1988
1990
Science Education
This volume presents a compilation a*d review of more than 400 research studies on science teaching and the preparation of science teachers that were reported in 1988, organized into 10 sections. ...
Eacn major section begins with an overview of the research summarized in the section and a context for review, and ends with an invited commentary on the impact and implications of the research presented ...
Acknowledgement We are grateful for the assistance of Stan Helgeson and the ERIC staff for promptly mailing a complete set of science education research reports to us, abstracted and entered into the ERIC ...
doi:10.1002/sce.3730740304
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A summary of research in science education — 1983
1985
Science Education
The studies have been organized into one of seven instruction (summarizing studies related to models and explanations of how students learn, instruction (summarizing studies related to models and explanations ...
A bibliography (by author) and a subject index are topics (including meta-analysis studies and studies focusing on race and/or sex). A bibliography (uy author) and a subject index are included. (JN) ...
A Naturalistic Study of Children and Their Parents in Family Learning Courses in Science. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Dallas, ...
doi:10.1002/sce.3730690303
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Summary of research in science education–1991
1993
Science Education
This summary of research in science education continues a long tradition of review and analysis of research in science education by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education ...
., nature of science, reading and writing, strategies and methods); (2) cognition and achievement (teachers' knowledge of students' knowledge and of content and pedagogy); (3) affect and characteristics ...
First and foremost, we would like to thank David Haury of ERIC and The Ohio State University for his tireless efforts with respect to the organization and management of this entire endeavor. ...
doi:10.1002/sce.3730770503
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A Summary of Research in Science Education-1990
1992
Science Education
In 1990 there was increased reporting of research on conceptual change, problem solving, assessment, and women and minorities in science education. ...
The intent of this publication is to consolidate and critique research findings related to teaching and learning in the sciences as they were reported in 1990. ...
picture of science as a dynamic human enterprise that takes place in a rich social and historical context. ...
doi:10.1002/sce.3730760303
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Women's underrepresentation in science: Sociocultural and biological considerations
2009
Psychological bulletin
The underrepresentation of women at the top of math-intensive fields is controversial, with competing claims of biological and sociocultural causation. ...
math-intensive careers as they advance; (b) more men than women score in the extreme math-proficient range on gatekeeper tests, such as the SAT Mathematics and the Graduate Record Examinations Quantitative ...
less reliable. 8 Yet, a recent analysis of a subset of more than 17,000 high school seniors' mathematics scores on the NAEP revealed that among a select sample who had taken advanced mathematics and science ...
doi:10.1037/a0014412
pmid:19254079
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A summary of research in science education — 1987. Part 1
1989
Science Education
A
participation in school science was used to develop a model for
who did not go on to study which was effective with students
required by law. ...
Influence of resequencing
general science content on the science achievement,
attitudes toward science, and interest in science of sixth
grade students. ...
doi:10.1002/sce.3730730302
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A summary of research in science education — 1986. Part I
1988
Science Education
This volume represents a compilation and organization of more than 400 research efforts reported in 1986. ...
It is organized around four major sections that reflect the process of teaching, learning, and schooling including: (1) "Teaching and the Teacher" ...
Study One, with 95 first, third, and sixth graders, demonstrated developmental differences in speed of processing between younger students and older students. ...
doi:10.1002/sce.3730720304
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Beyond Cold Conceptual Change: The Role of Motivational Beliefs and Classroom Contextual Factors in the Process of Conceptual Change
1993
Review of Educational Research
In order to study children's images of science in a setting which provided students with a better in-school science program to build on, I chose a new site, a sixth-grade classroom known for its innovative ...
Discussion
Sixth graders' ideas about science Some sixth graders' ideas about what science is about were very similar to those of younger elementary school children. ...
Appendix B: Image of Science Interview Guideline Appendix A: General Background Questionnaire ...
doi:10.2307/1170472
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Beyond Cold Conceptual Change: The Role of Motivational Beliefs and Classroom Contextual Factors in the Process of Conceptual Change
1993
Review of Educational Research
In order to study children's images of science in a setting which provided students with a better in-school science program to build on, I chose a new site, a sixth-grade classroom known for its innovative ...
Discussion
Sixth graders' ideas about science Some sixth graders' ideas about what science is about were very similar to those of younger elementary school children. ...
Appendix B: Image of Science Interview Guideline Appendix A: General Background Questionnaire ...
doi:10.3102/00346543063002167
fatcat:xglcp2cvrjblvbjav7o64rwiva
The Science of Reading and Its Educational Implications
2013
Language Learning and Development
impairment) or environmental ones (for example, poor schooling or poverty). ...
I mainly focus on the United States, which fares poorly on cross-national comparisons of literacy, with about 25-30% of the population exhibiting literacy skills that are low by standard metrics. ...
Finally I thank the journal editor, Cindy Fisher, for her patience in dealing with a manuscript that was always almost finished. ...
doi:10.1080/15475441.2013.812017
pmid:24839408
pmcid:PMC4020782
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Psychometric models of student conceptions in science: Reconciling qualitative studies and distractor-driven assessment instruments
1998
Journal of Research in Science Teaching
This study uses psychometric modeling to rank the appeal of a variety of children's astronomical ideas on a single uniform scale. ...
Distractor-driven multiple choice tests combine the richness of qualitative research with the power of quantitative assessment, measuring conceptual change along a single uniform dimension. ...
This research was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (MDR 85-50297 and MDR 88-50424), the Smithsonian Institution, and Apple Computer. ...
doi:10.1002/(sici)1098-2736(199803)35:3<265::aid-tea3>3.0.co;2-p
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Understandings of the nature of science and decision making on science and technology based issues
2003
Science Education
These findings contrast with the assumptions of the science education community and current reform efforts and call for a reexamination of the goals of nature of science instruction. ...
The purpose of this investigation was to explicate the role of the nature of science in decision making on science and technology based issues and to delineate the reasoning and factors associated with ...
Welch and Pella calculated separate
coefficients with the mental ability test for each of the three grade levels represented in
the sample of high school students. ...
doi:10.1002/sce.10063
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Assessing Senior Secondary School Students' Mathematical Proficiency as Related to Gender and Performance in Mathematics in Nigeria
2017
International Journal of Research in Education and Science
schools in Lagos State using the quantitative research method within the blueprint of descriptive survey design. ...
Findings revealed that senior secondary school students from the elitist schools showed high level of mathematical proficiency. ...
Acknowledgements The author thanks the Principals, mathematics teachers and students of the schools that participated in the study. ...
doi:10.21890/ijres.327908
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Asking scientists: A decade of questions analyzed by age, gender, and country
2009
Science Education
The sample demonstrated a surprising dominance of female contributions among K-12 students (although this dominance did not carry over to the full sample), where offline situations are commonly characterized ...
Nearly 79,000 questions sent to an Internet-based Ask-A-Scientist site during the last decade were analyzed according to the surfer's age, gender, country of origin, and the year the question was sent. ...
This research was supported by the Sacsta Rashi Fellowship for honor students in science education. The authors would like to thank Mrs. Yetty Varon and Dr. ...
doi:10.1002/sce.20284
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