There is a considerable gap between many of the findings from educational psychology
research and educational practice. This gap is especially notable in the field of science …

Curriculum materials serve as a key conceptual tool for science teachers, and better
understanding how science teachers use these tools could help to improve both curriculum …

Early in 2005, Phil Harris, Executive Director of the Association of Educational
Communications and Technology, approached Mike Spector and asked if he would like to …

The purpose of this study was to find out how teachers use questions in classroom discourse
to scaffold student thinking and help students construct scientific knowledge. The study was …

Science Learning and Instruction describes advances in understanding the nature of
science learning and their implications for the design of science instruction. The authors …

In recent years, calls for the adoption of inquiry-based pedagogies in the science classroom
have formed a part of the recommendations for large-scale high school science reforms …

Internet Environments for Science Education synthesizes 25 years of research to identify
effective, technology-enhanced ways to convert students into lifelong science learners--one …

Findings generated by recent research in science education, international debate on the
guiding purposes of science education and the nature of scientific and technological literacy …

This study is a comparative analysis of 15-year-old students' scientific literacy, and its
association with the instructional strategies that students experience, across six OECD …

Science education standards established by American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS) and the National Research Council (NRC) urge less emphasis on …