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Approaches employed by sixth-graders to compare rival solutions in socio-scientific decision-making tasks
(2010)
The present study explores the approaches employed by sixth-grade students to compare rival solutions in socio-scientific decision-making situations. Data were collected using three specially developed open-ended tasks. ...
Supporting use of evidence in argumentation through practice in argumentation and reflection in the context of SOCRATES learning environment
(2015)
The aim of this study was to examine how students used evidence in argumentation while they engaged in argumentive and reflective activities in the context of a designed learning environment. A Web-based learning environment, ...
Sixth Graders' Co-construction of Explanations of a Disturbance in an Ecosystem: Exploring relationships between grouping, reflective scaffolding, and evidence-based explanations
(2011)
We report on a study investigating the relationship between cognitive ability grouping, reflective inquiry scaffolding, and students' collaborative explanations of an ecosystem disturbance which took place when a number ...
In Quest of productive modeling-based learning discourse in elementary school science
(2011)
The purpose of this study was to investigate whole classroom discourse during modeling-based learning in science, seeking to describe the discourse's characteristics, its relation to the micro-context in which it took place ...
The Rationale for a Teaching Innovation About the Interrelationship Between Science and Technology
(2011)
This paper refers to the development of a teaching innovation for the nature of science (NOS), for students aged 11-15, which specifically focuses on the interrelationship between science and technology. The development ...
Developing pre-service teachers' evidence-based argumentation skills on socio-scientific issues
(2014)
We report on a study of the effect of meta-level awareness on the use of evidence in discourse. The participants were 66 pre-service teachers who were engaged in a dialogic activity. Meta-level awareness regarding the use ...
Providing guidance in virtual lab experimentation: the case of an experiment design tool
(Springer US, 2018)
The present study employed a quasi-experimental design to assess a computerbased tool, which was intended to scaffold the task of designing experiments when using a virtual lab for the process of experimentation. In ...
Inquiry‐based learning and retrospective action: Problematizing student work in a computer‐supported learning environment
(2019-08-23)
We examined student performance in a computer‐supported learning environment after students undertook, among others, a graphing task within an inquiry context. Students were assigned in two conditions: (a) Students were ...
The Link between Transformational Leadership and Teachers' Job Satisfaction, Commitment, Motivation to Learn, and Trust in the Leader
(Jordan Whitney Enterprises, Inc, 2016)
The paper aims to provide an overview of recent research on the effects of a contemporary leadership model (transformational leadership) on teacher-related educational outcomes. It presents a review of international ...