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Factors Affecting Construction Of Science Discourse In The Context Of An Extracurricular Science And Technology Project, Horace P. Webb
Factors Affecting Construction Of Science Discourse In The Context Of An Extracurricular Science And Technology Project, Horace P. Webb
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Dissertations
Doing and learning science are social activities that require certain language, activities, and values. Both constitute what Gee (2005) calls Discourses. The language of learning science varies with the learning context (Lemke, 2001,1990). Science for All Americans (AAAS, 1990) and Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards (NRC, 2000) endorse inquiry science learning. In the United States, most science learning is teacher-centered; inquiry science learning is rare (NRC, 2000). This study focused on 12 high school students from two suburban high schools, their three faculty mentors, and two engineering mentors during an extracurricular robotics activity with FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). …
Preservice Science Teachers' Experiences With Repeated, Guided Inquiry, Amy B. Slack
Preservice Science Teachers' Experiences With Repeated, Guided Inquiry, Amy B. Slack
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to examine preservice science teachers’ experiences with repeated scientific inquiry (SI) activities. The National Science Education Standards (National Research Council, 1996) stress students should understand and possess the abilities to do SI. For students to meet these standards, science teachers must understand and be able to perform SI; however, previous research demonstrated that many teachers have naïve understandings in this area. Teacher preparation programs provide an opportunity to facilitate the development of inquiry understandings and abilities. In this study, preservice science teachers had experiences with two inquiry activities that were repeated three times each. …