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... There are some studies focused on global warming issue as a socioscientific issue in Turkey. For example İşbilir (2010), Topçu, Sadler and Yılmaz-Tüzün (2010) searched preservice teachers’ argumentation and informal ... See full document

... Students’ alternative conceptions of force are one of the most studied topics, important for both science assessment and instruction. Previous studies often described students’ alternative conceptions of force with a ... See full document

... In order to prepare future teachers to teach science through inquiry, teacher education programs need to provide teacher candidates with opportunities to learn and practice the inqu[r] ... See full document

... first year and 20–26% of the fourth and fifth (final) year students could not differentiate between an element and a compound illustrated at sub-microscopic ... See full document

... The instruction activity, which aimed to form meaning, was effective in changing this student's idea on conservation of angular momentum and the permanent conceptual change effectivel[r] ... See full document

... This epistemological absence is reflective of Strand 3 and the limited research explaining how teachers incorporate Strand 3. Much more research knowledge exists for how children perform in Strands 1 and 2 ... See full document

... implementation; 3) understand the link between ethics and science in the context of SSI but are uncertain toward how to implement SSI-related strategies; 4) reject the interdisciplinary relationship of ethics and ... See full document

... MNTH staff prided itself on its specialized programs aimed at getting 11 th and 12 th graders into the best colleges possible, to provide a variety of college choices, and help students apply for financial aid. That ... See full document

... Week 5 & 6: During the 5 th and 6 th week the PSTs were presented to the problem: “The population of the bees worldwide is declining. Should we care, and why?” Initially they were asked to give their ... See full document

... The course was designed around two-week modules focusing on four salient SSIs to students living in the region: (1) Should you eat organic or conventional food? (2) Should you use biofuels in your car? (3) Should ... See full document

... How do you design STEM learning environments to promote students’ developing deep, usable knowledge and capabilities? Below we describe a process for designing STEM learning environments that is closely aligned to ... See full document

... The River of Life (Sherwood, 2002) is an interactive instructional video developed using the STAR Legacy Cycle (Sherwood, 2000; Schwartz et al, 1999). According the Sherwood (2002), the River of Life involves the “Legacy ... See full document

... Teachers need to develop a variety of pedagogical strategies that can encourage precise and accurate communication - an extremely important 21st century skill. Precision with STEM oral language is essential. Emphasizing ... See full document

... and number of experts in the researched area (Skulmoski et ...sufficient number of experts is available ...the number of experts is limited in the researched area, further verification with another ... See full document

... 2011); 3) provoke more interest compared to traditional textbooks (Manson, Gava, & Boldrin, 2008); and 4) resolve to some degree the issue that knowledge is often imparted as a set of unequivocal facts with a ... See full document

... Each study was coded for information about the OST program characteristics, student sample, and research quality. Program characteristics included time frame (summer camp, after school, special event/experience). ... See full document

... The participants in this study live in a metropolitan suburb located in a major watershed. Students growing up in this suburb have witnessed its significant development over the past fifteen years, shifting from an ... See full document

... Several researchers have attempted to understand students’ approaches to mathematical proof by classifying these approaches along several dimensions – an approach currently proving fruitful in understanding students’ ... See full document

... During the summer prior to the study, the three teachers participated in a five-day, grant-funded, professional development workshop on flipped instruction. In the workshop, each teacher received technology to support ... See full document

... Many students troubled by these personal, temporal and institutional barriers prefer a face-to-face learning environment for mathematics. Yet, there is a considerable number of students enthusiastic about the use ... See full document