{"title":"What Does It Mean to Understand Physics? A Phenomenographic Study Across High School Physics Students, High School Physics Teachers, and University Physics Professors","authors":"Michael Paul Lukie, Gregory P. Thomas","doi":"10.1007/s11165-026-10346-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-026-10346-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47988,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science Education","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148286666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chang Liu, Xuan Liao, Rui Liu, Jinjie Zhang, Peng He
{"title":"Acquisition and Retention of Nature of Science Understandings: A Five-year Longitudinal Study With Elementary Students","authors":"Chang Liu, Xuan Liao, Rui Liu, Jinjie Zhang, Peng He","doi":"10.1007/s11165-026-10342-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-026-10342-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47988,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science Education","volume":"123 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148286669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Communication as an Entrepreneurial Capability in STEM Higher Education: Theory and Pedagogical Practice","authors":"Louise Kuchel, Susan Rowland","doi":"10.1007/s11165-026-10340-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-026-10340-x","url":null,"abstract":"Entrepreneurial education is emerging as valuable within STEM higher education, but a lack of clarity around the specific range of skills, behaviours and attributes that help develop entrepreneurial capability in students makes it difficult to identify how best to teach and assess it. In this article, we argue for communication practices to be core learning in development of entrepreneurial capability and highlight the synergies with existing practices in STEM higher education. We provide a theoretical rationale to support our argument and demonstrate that communication needs to be conceptualised as more than the classic outputs routinely assessed in science programs to foster entrepreneurial capability in STEM students. Drawing on a body of work by science communicator-educators on how to teach university science students to communicate (Rowland & Kuchel, 2023), we map categories of communication practice used in STEM against the functional entrepreneurial activities and characteristics provided by Filion (2011). Our results show strong alignment between the two, thus providing practical support for communication as foundational to entrepreneurial capability in STEM education. The communication practices of ‘investigating’, ‘engaging an audience’, and ‘joining the conversation’ most frequently underpin Filion’s entrepreneurial actions. Based on these findings we provide a menu of actionable, high impact pedagogies and example learning activities for teaching practitioners in higher education, distilled from relevant lesson plans in Rowland & Kuchel (2023), that can be delivered and assessed in formal education settings as foundational to entrepreneurial learning for STEM students.","PeriodicalId":47988,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science Education","volume":"72 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148286672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving Science Teachers’ Argumentation Pedagogy through an e-Argumentation Integrated Professional Learning Community Model","authors":"Eralp Bahçivan, Nuh Yavuzalp, Sevgi Kıngır","doi":"10.1007/s11165-026-10344-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-026-10344-7","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to examine the transformation in science teachers’ argumentation pedagogies through a long-term Professional Learning Community (PLC) process, both with and without the support of e-Argumentation software. The research employed an embedded mixed-methods design, in which a dominant qualitative case study was supported by quantitative data. Twenty-five middle school science teachers (12 in the e-Argumentation group, 13 in the Software-free Argumentation group) participated in the study. Data were collected over one academic year through classroom observations, semi-structured interviews, and stimulated recall interviews. Quantitative data were analyzed using non-parametric statistical tests, while qualitative data underwent thematic analysis. Quantitative findings revealed that while both groups demonstrated significant improvement in their classroom practices by the end of the process, the development in the e-Argumentation group was statistically higher. Qualitative findings indicated that the PLC process transformed teachers’ pedagogical roles from the traditional identity of “information transmitter” to that of “learning environment designer and guide,” and that classroom discourse evolved from teacher-centered monologue to a dialogue where students co-constructed meaning. Teachers in the e-Argumentation group, in particular, described the software as a critical pedagogical scaffold that made thinking visible, structured the argumentation process, and ensured equality in participation. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that change in teachers’ argumentation pedagogy is possible through collaborative and continuously supportive structures like PLCs. The integration of technological tools aligned with pedagogical goals, such as e-Argumentation software, both facilitates and deepens this change.","PeriodicalId":47988,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science Education","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148286670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yufei He, Louise Puslednik, Renee Morrison, Yaegan Doran, Len Unsworth, Theo van Leeuwen
{"title":"Playing to Learn: Exploring Interactivity for Knowledge Building in School Science Animations","authors":"Yufei He, Louise Puslednik, Renee Morrison, Yaegan Doran, Len Unsworth, Theo van Leeuwen","doi":"10.1007/s11165-026-10335-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-026-10335-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47988,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science Education","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148286671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring the Impact of STEM Experiences, Parental Education, Family Support, and Stereotypes on Students’ STEM Identity: A Comparative Study by Gender and EAL Status","authors":"Felicity McLure","doi":"10.1007/s11165-026-10339-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-026-10339-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47988,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science Education","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147743956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tracing Pedagogical Shifts: A Physics Professor’s Development Through Faculty Partnership","authors":"Kadir Demir, William A. Stoll, Brett Criswell","doi":"10.1007/s11165-026-10336-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-026-10336-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47988,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science Education","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147743957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction: “Be Better Than You Need to Be”: A-level Physics Students’ Rants, Resilience and Peer Pedagogy on TikTok","authors":"Wonyong Park","doi":"10.1007/s11165-026-10338-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-026-10338-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47988,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science Education","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147733653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Argumentation about Energy in Elementary School, from Evidence and from Models","authors":"Roger G. Tobin, Sara J. Lacy, Sally Crissman","doi":"10.1007/s11165-026-10329-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-026-10329-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47988,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science Education","volume":"297 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147536312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Validation of the Measure of Peer Argumentive Discourse Style (PADS) in a Science Context: Evidence for the Construct Validity and Reliability","authors":"Xingya Xu, Michelle M. Buehl","doi":"10.1007/s11165-026-10330-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-026-10330-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47988,"journal":{"name":"Research in Science Education","volume":"31 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2026-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147535938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}