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Mumba Frackson Pottmeyer Laura Ochs Chabalengula Vivien M. 《Research in Science Education》2021,51(5):1247-1267
Research in Science Education - Most studies on inquiry have focused on student outcomes, teachers’ conceptions of inquiry, implementation of inquiry in science classrooms, and inquiry... 相似文献
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Sebastian Szyjka Frackson Mumba Kevin C. Wise 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2011,22(7):563-578
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which six cognitive and attitudinal variables predicted pre-service
elementary teachers’ (N = 87) performance on line graphing. Predictors included reading comprehension and mathematics scores, logical thinking performance
scores, as well as measures of attitudes toward science, mathematics and graphing. Results indicated that mathematical and
logical thinking ability were the most significant predictors of line graph performance among the other variables, accounting
for 41% of the total variability. Findings from this study suggest that elementary science education programs augment instruction
to include aspects of mathematics and logical thinking. 相似文献
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Vivien M. Chabalengula Frackson Mumba 《International Journal of Science Education》2013,35(16):2209-2225
ABSTRACTThe current K-12 Science Education framework and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in the United States emphasise the integration of engineering design in science instruction to promote scientific literacy and engineering design skills among students. As such, many engineering education programmes have developed curriculum materials that are being used in K-12 settings. However, little is known about the nature and extent to which engineering design skills outlined in NGSS are addressed in these K-12 engineering education programme curriculum materials. We analysed nine K-12 engineering education programmes for the nature and extent of engineering design skills coverage. Results show that developing possible solutions and actual designing of prototypes were the highly covered engineering design skills; specification of clear goals, criteria, and constraints received medium coverage; defining and identifying an engineering problem; optimising the design solution; and demonstrating how a prototype works, and making iterations to improve designs were lowly covered. These trends were similar across grade levels and across discipline-specific curriculum materials. These results have implications on engineering design-integrated science teaching and learning in K-12 settings. 相似文献
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Vivien Mweene Chabalengula Martie Sanders Frackson Mumba 《International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education》2012,10(2):241-266
This study diagnosed the understanding about energy and biological-context energy concepts held by 90 first-year South African
university biology students. In particular, students’ explanations of energy in a biological context, how energy is involved
in different biological situations and whether energy is present and what types of energy are involved in diagrams depicting
biological phenomena were investigated. The pencil-and-paper diagnostic test, specifically designed for this study, was used
to elicit students’ understanding using test items involving biological phenomena. The results showed that many students had
problems in understanding energy and energy-related concepts in the following areas: First, the majority of the students provided
definitions of energy rather than the explanations they were asked to provide, and the definition could have been rote-learned. Second, although nearly all students knew the
energy conservation principle (energy cannot be created or destroyed), many of them were unable to apply this concept to biological
contexts. Third, many students erroneously claimed that the energy for metabolism and life processes is made available during
photosynthesis in plants, during digestion in animals or that this energy comes directly from the sun. Fourth, about two thirds of the students erroneously indicated that there is no energy involved/present in
inanimate objects such as a statue. The implications for the teaching and learning of energy and its related concepts and
recommendations for further research are discussed. 相似文献
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Science & Education - Despite its positive impact on students’ understanding of the nature of science and science content knowledge, few secondary science teachers incorporate the history... 相似文献
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