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Meaning making in collaborative practical work: a case study of multimodal challenges in a Year 10 chemistry classroom 合作实践中的意义创造:10年级化学课堂中多模式挑战的案例研究
IF 1.6 4区 教育学
Research in Science & Technological Education Pub Date : 2021-03-06 DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2021.1895101
Jack K. H. Pun, Kason Ka Ching Cheung
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引用次数: 11
Relationship between students’ hands-on making self-efficacy, perceived value, cooperative attitude and competition preparedness in joining an iSTEAM contest 学生动手制作自我效能感、感知价值、合作态度与参赛准备的关系
IF 1.6 4区 教育学
Research in Science & Technological Education Pub Date : 2021-03-04 DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2021.1895100
H. Nguyen, Jong-Chao Hong, M. Chen, Jhen-Ni Ye, Chi-Ruei Tsai
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引用次数: 4
Does computation technology matter in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) projects? 计算技术在科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)项目中重要吗?
IF 1.6 4区 教育学
Research in Science & Technological Education Pub Date : 2021-03-03 DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2021.1895099
W. So
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引用次数: 5
Using classroom video-based instruments to characterise pre-service science teachers’ incoming usable knowledge for teaching science 利用课堂视频工具表征职前科学教师对科学教学的可用知识
IF 1.6 4区 教育学
Research in Science & Technological Education Pub Date : 2021-02-17 DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2021.1872517
K. Chan
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引用次数: 3
Designing practical science assessments in England: students' engagement and perceptions. 设计实用科学评估在英国:学生的参与和看法
IF 1.8 4区 教育学
Research in Science & Technological Education Pub Date : 2021-01-22 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2021.1872519
Yasmine H El Masri, Sibel Erduran, Olga Ioannidou
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引用次数: 0
Examining Taiwanese students’ views on climate change and the teaching of climate change in the context of higher education 探讨台湾学生对气候变迁的看法,以及高等教育背景下的气候变迁教学
IF 1.6 4区 教育学
Research in Science & Technological Education Pub Date : 2021-01-22 DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2020.1830268
Yuh-Yuh Li, Shu-Chiu Liu
{"title":"Examining Taiwanese students’ views on climate change and the teaching of climate change in the context of higher education","authors":"Yuh-Yuh Li, Shu-Chiu Liu","doi":"10.1080/02635143.2020.1830268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2020.1830268","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Background Although higher education continues to pay great attention to teaching climate change, relatively little is known about how university students understand and perceive climate change and its teaching and learning, and how their understanding and perceptions may change over the course of climate change instruction. Purpose The study was embedded in the context of a Taiwanese public university which has been actively integrating a climate change agenda into the curriculum. The purpose of the study was to examine students’ knowledge of and views on climate change and its teaching, and the influence of climate-related instruction on their knowledge and views. Sample A total of 146 university students were solicited through four semester-long general environmental studies courses, all of which included some climate change instruction. Design and methods Participating students completed both pre- and post-course surveys including Likert-type, multiple choice and open-ended questions for the purpose of examining their views about climate change and the teaching of this issue. Results The vast majority of students demonstrated a high level of certainty about the reality of the happening of global warming as well as concern about this issue. However, their actual knowledge about its causes was alarmingly poor, and action-related perceptions were rather negative. Participating in an environmental course had only a limited impact on their views; significant improvement was only observed in their subjective knowledge and concern about the issue. Nevertheless, students’ responses regarding university teaching about climate change exhibited a strong interest in and support for their university to take an active role in combating the problem. Conclusion These findings raise questions about the focus of, and approaches to, climate education in higher education, and serve as important basis for promoting curricular and instructional innovation in the field of climate change education.","PeriodicalId":46656,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science & Technological Education","volume":"40 1","pages":"515 - 528"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02635143.2020.1830268","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48729225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 9
Are preservice science teachers (PSTs) prepared for teaching argumentation? Evidence from a university teacher preparation program in China 职前科学教师(PSTs)是否为教学论证做好了准备?来自中国一所大学教师培训项目的证据
IF 1.6 4区 教育学
Research in Science & Technological Education Pub Date : 2021-01-18 DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2021.1872518
Guoqing Zhao, Rongchi Zhao, Xinyuan Li, Yanyan Duan, T. Long
{"title":"Are preservice science teachers (PSTs) prepared for teaching argumentation? Evidence from a university teacher preparation program in China","authors":"Guoqing Zhao, Rongchi Zhao, Xinyuan Li, Yanyan Duan, T. Long","doi":"10.1080/02635143.2021.1872518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2021.1872518","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Background As a fundamental approach to fostering students’ scientific literacy, argumentation has received more and more attention from science researchers and educators. Preservice science teachers’ (PSTs) abilities to both construct and evaluate arguments are fundamental to their future science teaching. Research combining these two aspects of PSTs’ argumentation abilities is lacking. Purpose This study aims to investigate PSTs’ argumentation ability from both construction and evaluation perspectives and to explore their relationship. Sample A total of 76 first-year graduates enrolling in a postgraduate-level science teachers preparation program at a university in China participated in this study, and 69 valid responses were obtained. Design and methods This study employed the Chinese version of the Argument Evaluation Test (AET) translated from Martin-Gamez and Erduran (2018) to assess the participants’ abilities to evaluate arguments, and the Argument Construction Test (ACT) designed following Toulmin’s Argument Pattern (TAP) to assess the participants’ abilities to construct arguments. The participants completed the tests via an online questionnaire system. Results The findings show: (1) Many limitations concerning PSTs’ abilities to evaluate arguments were visible. They were more incompetent in identifying ‘what is a good rebuttal’ than in identifying ‘what is a good argument’. (2) PSTs had obvious deficiencies in constructing arguments. Their performance in the dimensions of data, rebuttal and backing was significantly lower than their performance in the dimesion of warrant. (3) PSTs performed significantly better in a socio-technological issue (STI) than in a socio-scientific issue (SSI) in the dimension of evidence, and significantly better in an SSI than in a social issue (SI) in the dimension of the warrant. (4) A significant and moderate correlation was found between PSTs’ abilities to evaluate arguments and their abilities to construct arguments. Conclusions This study suggests that first-year graduates (also postgraduate-level PSTs) are not well-prepared for teaching argumentation. There are a high necessity and urgency to offer systematic courses focusing on argumentation skills in PSTs programs. The ability to evaluate arguments and ability to construct rebuttals need to be highlighted in such courses. More attention needs to be paid to PSTs’ abilities to construct arguments with data and evidence rather than their abilities to simply propose claims and to show their warrants.","PeriodicalId":46656,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science & Technological Education","volume":"41 1","pages":"170 - 189"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2021-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02635143.2021.1872518","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44699333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 10
Attitudes of secondary school students towards geology in Spain 西班牙中学生对地质学的态度
IF 1.6 4区 教育学
Research in Science & Technological Education Pub Date : 2020-12-07 DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2020.1845641
T. Zamalloa, J. Sanz
{"title":"Attitudes of secondary school students towards geology in Spain","authors":"T. Zamalloa, J. Sanz","doi":"10.1080/02635143.2020.1845641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2020.1845641","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Background The importance of attitudes in learning is gaining relevance among researchers and teachers and yet little research has examined students’ attitudes specifically in relation to geology. Purpose The aim of this study was to examine students’ attitudes towards geology and with respect to other sciences, as well as to determine the key factors that influence these attitudes. Sample A sample of 1.641 students in their fourth year of secondary education from five autonomous communities in Spain participated in this study. Design and Methods The research was conducted using a previously validated survey, specifically designed to answer the research questions of the study. Results The findings revealed that participants generally demonstrate more negative attitudes towards geology than with respect to other sciences. Although they do not consider it a difficult subject, they find it boring and of little interest. Demographic factors, school type or gender do not explain these attitudes: academic aspects seem to be the key to reversing this situation. Conclusions The findings of the present study provide some insights into the teaching of geology. For instance, geology programmes need to focus on topics in which students are interested in, and also on establishing connections between geological contents taught in the classroom and real life.","PeriodicalId":46656,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science & Technological Education","volume":"41 1","pages":"123 - 146"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2020-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02635143.2020.1845641","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46986031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 4
A material for education process and the Teacher: the use of digital storytelling in preschool science education 教育过程材料与教师:数字化讲故事在学前科学教育中的应用
IF 1.6 4区 教育学
Research in Science & Technological Education Pub Date : 2020-11-05 DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2020.1841148
Melek Merve Yilmaz, Ayperi Siğirtmaç
{"title":"A material for education process and the Teacher: the use of digital storytelling in preschool science education","authors":"Melek Merve Yilmaz, Ayperi Siğirtmaç","doi":"10.1080/02635143.2020.1841148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2020.1841148","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Background One of the technologies that can be used to enhance the education process is digital stories. Digital stories can be used for different purposes due to their benefits to the education process. When the research conducted on higher levels of education has been examined, it has been determined that the use of digital stories in science teaching has a positive effect on teaching and learning process. Yet, no study conducted to investigate the process of using digital stories in pre-school science activities has been found in the literature. Purpose Through the current study, it was aimed to investigate the pre-service teachers’ opinions and experiences about the process including the selection of the science concepts, preparation, and implementation of the digital story by focusing on the use of digital stories in pre-school science activities. Study group and Method The study was conducted on the basis of the multiple holistic case design. The study group of the current research is comprised of six pre-service teachers with differing levels of technology disposition. In the collection of the research data, observations, semi-structured interviews, and document analysis were used. In the analysis of the collected data, the data obtained from observations, interviews, and document analyses were evaluated together through content analysis. Results: The findings of the current study are presented under two main themes; the digital story as a material for education and the digital story as a means of technology for the teacher. The results are discussed in reference to the advantages of using digital stories in pre-school science activities, the dimensions that need to be improved, limitations of using digital stories, and digital literacy. Conclusion The current study has produced some data about the advantages of using digital stories in pre-school science activities, which aspects of them should be developed and which bring about limitations to their use. Another important conclusion of the current study points out the importance of incorporating technology in general and digital stories in particular into teacher training programs.","PeriodicalId":46656,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science & Technological Education","volume":"41 1","pages":"61 - 88"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2020-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02635143.2020.1841148","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43270503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 8
Children’s practices with electronic sensors to understand and mitigate sound pollution in primary school 小学生用电子传感器了解和减轻声污染的实践
IF 1.6 4区 教育学
Research in Science & Technological Education Pub Date : 2020-10-30 DOI: 10.1080/02635143.2020.1841150
Maria João Silva
{"title":"Children’s practices with electronic sensors to understand and mitigate sound pollution in primary school","authors":"Maria João Silva","doi":"10.1080/02635143.2020.1841150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2020.1841150","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Background To contribute to smart, inclusive, sustainable, and multisensory practices in science education, this paper presents research that studied the use of electronic sensors by children to address a sound pollution problem in their school. A didactic sequence was specifically designed and implemented to that purpose. Participants The participants of this study were a project Teacher/Researcher, and the children of eight 4th grade classes (four experimental groups and four control groups), in four primary schools. Purpose The research aim was to study whether and how, throughout the didactic sequence, children developed practices that are needed to understand and mitigate sound pollution in school, including acquiring, analysing, interpreting, and sharing environmental data, as well as interpreting, and applying information, making suggestions to solve the problem. The importance of the use of the electronic sensors was also assessed. Design and methods To answer to the research questions, during the didactic sequence, data were collected through the data collection forms, the collaborative platform, the pre and post-tests, and the children’s suggestions to solve the sound pollution problem. Statistical methods were used to process pre- and post-tests results, and a content analysis allowed the treatment of the children’s suggestions. Results The vast majority of children properly collected, registered, classified, and shared the acquired data. The statistical analysis showed that there was an improvement from the pre to the post-tests results, with the experimental group having more significant improvements. The content analysis of the children’s suggestions revealed that all the children made productive suggestions, but the experimental group made more specific and diversified suggestions. Conclusion Those results suggest that the experimental didactic sequence allowed and scaffolded children in using ICT tools to develop science education hands-on experimental practices, while understanding, analysing and contributing to solve a sound pollution problem in their schools.","PeriodicalId":46656,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science & Technological Education","volume":"41 1","pages":"107 - 122"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2020-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/02635143.2020.1841150","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45732989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
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