“Science Literacy” için 24 makale
Problems of Education in the 21st CenturyCilt 2008/9, Sayı 9
On primary level children get very little opportunity for training in reading explicatory and informational texts. However, such kind of texts predominate the school and private life of older children and adults. The use of informational text in content area …
Problems of Education in the 21st CenturyCilt 2011/33, Sayı 33
Despite of the fact that natural science education questions are constantly discussed, it is necessary to give much more real attention to this area. It is obvious that the spectrum of the topics of natural science education is too wide …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2010/5, Sayı 4
This research draws on developments in educational research where learning progressions are emerging as a strategy for synthesizing research on science learning and applying that research to policy and practice, and advances in the natural sciences, where interdisciplinary research on …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2009/4, Sayı 3
The late 20th century and beginning of 21st century have witnessed unprecedented rapid economic development due to advances in technology and globalization. In response to this development, a renewed call for science literacy has become louder in the USA and …
Mevlana International Journal of EducationCilt 2013/3-legacy-439, Sayı 2
This study aims to determine the science teacher candidates’ literacy levels of science and information technology and intends to find out the relationship between them. In the study, correlational research methodology was used in the scope of correlational screening model. …
International Electronic Journal of Elementary EducationCilt 2011/4, Sayı 1
In this study we examined the effects of syntactic and lexical complexity on third-grade students' comprehension of science texts. A total of 16 expository texts were designed to represent systematic differences in levels of syntactic and lexical complexity across four …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2008/3, Sayı 2
This study investigated the effect of computer attitude, ownership and use on the computer literacy of science teachers in Nigeria. One hundred and twenty (120) science teachers drawn from the four political divisions of Ogun State, Nigeria were used for …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2013/8, Sayı 4
In the general activity of daily life, it is easy to miss our dependency on the Earth’s ecology. At the same time that people are living apparently separate from the environment, our impact on the Earth is increasing. This study …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2009/4, Sayı 3
This paper sets out to provide an overview of scientific literacy specifically related to whether emphasis is placed on the ‘science’ or the ‘literacy’ aspect, accepting that literacy, wherever used, is wider than simply reading and writing. It does this …
Araştırma Temelli Etkinlik Dergisi (ATED)Cilt 2012/1-legacy-238, Sayı 1
The purpose of this paper is to introduce a Nature of Science (NOS) activity allowing middle school level students to experience a scientific research process to solve a given problem within a social setting. This activity treats a regular classroom …
International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and TechnologyCilt 2013/1, Sayı 1
The purpose of this study was to identify and describe teaching actions—embedded in the Science Writing Heuristic approach, a systematic teaching approach that integrates literacy instruction and argument-based inquiry learning of science—supportive of the cross-disciplinary literacy expectations necessary to compete …
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Kirsehir Egitim Fakültesi DergisiCilt 2010/11, Sayı 4
Improving ideas about nature of science (NOS) is one of the prerequisites for making individuals scientifically literate, which is one of the common aims of the curricula recently developed. However, the studies show that even some science teachers have naïve …
Problems of Education in the 21st CenturyCilt 2019/77-legacy-4257, Sayı 4
Scientific article writing is undoubtedly an inseparable part of academic activity. Every researcher/scientist, in one way or another, has to declare scientific research activity results, i.e., to publish in scientific press. If this is not done, it is considered that …
Problems of Education in the 21st CenturyCilt 2007/2-legacy-1024, Sayı 2
Contemporary society is witnessing changes and processes triggered by the groundbreaking development of humankind’s technical capacity, especially in the area of informational and communication technologies (ICT). In this new society, learning and a continual educational process constitute basic preconditions for …
tojetCilt 2008/7, Sayı 4
This study investigated the level and frequency of science teachers’ use of computer applications as an instructional tool in the classroom. The manner and frequency of science teachers’ use of computer, their perceptions about integration of computer applications, and other …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2009/4, Sayı 3
Scientific literacy is a major educational and political goal worldwide, yet the development and enhancement of scientific literacy is not well understood. In order to better understand scientific literacy at the level of everyday science meaning making and a person’s …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2010/5, Sayı 3
This article pursues a dual objective. First, it seeks to present the notion of the relationship to knowledge as a valuable theoretical tool for science education research. Secondly, it aims to illustrate how this notion has been operationalized in recent …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2009/4, Sayı 3
In the United States and around the world, calls for educational reform stress the need for a scientifically literate population, prepared for the twenty-first century workforce. These calls have translated into new curricula, which in isolation, are not enough? Teachers …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2009/4, Sayı 3
The focus of this paper is on selected recent South African research studies that have explored efforts to promote the discussion, writing, and arguing aspects of scientific literacy in primary and middle schools, particularly amongst second-language learners. These studies reveal …
International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and TechnologyCilt 2013/1, Sayı 3
Although the reasons for concern about quality differ from nation to nation, the primary rallying point for science education reform is the perceived level of scientific literacy among a nation’s populace. The essential nature of scientific literacy is that which …
Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi DergisiCilt 2012/2, Sayı 1
The purpose of this study was to understand the effects of structured chemistry laboratory activities on middle school students’ views of scientific inquiry. Sample included 48 6th and 7th grade middle school students and the data was collected by VOSI-E …
Problems of Education in the 21st CenturyCilt 2012/46, Sayı 46
Teachers often realize that the main cause of learning problems concerning students is a very bad reading literacy. It can be found out that the majority of students have problems reading; they often avoid textual exercises or read them slowly …
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Kirsehir Egitim Fakültesi DergisiCilt 2010/11, Sayı 4
In this paper we place an emphasis on authentic science practices grounded by anthropological and sociological lenses of science and discuss their implications for science teaching. We highlight the problem of typical science teaching as teaching merely about the “normal …
European Journal of Science and Mathematics EducationCilt 2015/3, Sayı 2
Teachers may face considerable challenges when implementing socio‐scientific issues (SSI) in their classroom practices, such as incorporating student‐centred teaching practices and exploring knowledge and values in the context of socio‐ scientific issues. This year‐long study explores teachers’ reflections on the …