The present study specifically focuses on science teachers' views about scientific inquiry
and their use of scientific inquiry in their lesson plans, which were prepared at a professional …

Research indicates that teachers lack a sophisticated understanding of Nature of Science
(NOS), which in turn, can impact their instructional decisions and studentsL understanding of …

Effective teaching and learning of Nature of Science (NOS) has been a curriculum goal for
decades and its inclusion into the science education from K-12 is becoming commonplace …

National science reform documents recommend several nature of science (NOS) elements
to introduce to children early in the science curriculum. A researcher developed …

Background Teachers' views of nature of science (NOS) play a key-role in how they teach
science and can significantly impact their students' understanding of and achievement in …

Nature of science (NOS) is a global conception of the infrastructure of science and,
therefore, forms the foundation for teaching and learning science, especially for preservice …

The paper analyzes the regularities of structure formation in low-alloyed carbon steels.
During the investigation of ferritic-pearlitic steel samples it has been found that the structure …

Abstract Knowledge of science and engineering practices remain a priority in the US
(NASEM, 2021) and internationally (Allen et al., 2021). Moreover, scientific thinking is …

In this study, we analyzed contextualized NOS lessons planned by preservice teachers from
the perspectives of PCK. Eight preservice teachers who had completed all of the curriculum …

Results showed that initially participants in both groups held many naïve NOS
understandings of all NOS aspects. Viewing quantitative data, there was a statistically …