“elementary science” için 37 makale
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2016/11, Sayı 6
The aim in conducting this study is to explore the effects of argumentation on pre-service science teachers’ views of the nature of science. This study used a qualitative case study and conducted with 20 pre-service science teachers. Data sources include …
Problems of Education in the 21st CenturyCilt 2009/11, Sayı 11
Research in education gives initiatives to countries evaluate and modify their curriculum. Large-scale international assessments such as TIMSS usually inspire these curriculum reforms by that countries compare the results of large-scale assessments with other countries’ scores. Domestic practices also need …
Problems of Education in the 21st CenturyCilt 2009/14, Sayı 14
The paper represents the results of a quantitative research performed at the Faculty of Education, University of Maribor. The aim of the project was to establish the implementation of the concept of integrative education, which was recommended for the first …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2015/10, Sayı 3
This study examines student reading engagement with children’s science books in elementary classrooms. Reading engagement in science is conceived in terms of a Transmission—Transaction continuum. When centered on transmission, science reading entails passive reception of a textually encoded scientific message. …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2014/9, Sayı 4
This study has been conducted to investigate conceptions of learning science (COLS) and personal science teaching efficacy belief (PSTE) of Turkish preservice elementary science teachers (PSTs) and to explore the relationship between these variables. Two instruments COLS questionnaire and PSTE …
Kastamonu Üniversitesi Kastamonu Eğitim DergisiCilt 2008/16, Sayı 1
One of the most important parts of the latest Turkish Elementary Science and Technology Curriculum is to acquire positive attitudes toward science. The purpose of this study is to examine the attitudinal differences toward science and science teaching from newly …
iojesCilt 2014/6, Sayı 1
This study explored the differences in the senior Turkish preservice elementary science teachers’ conceptions of learning science by gender and socio-economic status (SES). The Conceptions of Learning Science (COLS) questionnaire was adapted into Turkish and administered to 379 preservice elementary …
Kastamonu Üniversitesi Kastamonu Eğitim DergisiCilt 2011/19, Sayı 3
This study was carried out to investigate the incorrect knowledge about the heart and lung figures in Science and Technology textbooks. With the evaluation of the textbooks from 4 to 8 grades using document analysis, it is understood that they …
Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Kirsehir Egitim Fakültesi DergisiCilt 2010/11, Sayı 4
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of historical perspective approaches on 7th grade students’ views about nature of science. Structure of atomic units was presented an historical perspective with emphasis on six target aspects of nature …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2007/2, Sayı 1
In this study our purpose is to determine how the teachers are applying the structuralist approach in their classes by classifying the teachers according to graduated faculty, department and their years in the duty. Besides understanding the difference of the …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2007/2, Sayı 1
Earthquake, a natural disaster, is among the fundamental problems of many countries. If people know how to protect themselves from earthquake and arrange their life styles in compliance with this, damage they will suffer will reduce to that extent. In …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2013/8, Sayı 4
In this study, we investigated whether concept maps were used as often and as effectively in elementary science and technology classrooms as recommended by the National Ministry of Education (MEB) in the new curricula in Turkey. In the new elementary …
International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and TechnologyCilt 2013/1, Sayı 1
This study examines four induction models and teacher changes in science teaching practices, as a result of several mentoring programs. It explores three different computer-mediated mentoring programs, and a traditional offline induction program—in terms of interactivity, inquiry-based teaching, and topics …
International Electronic Journal of Elementary EducationCilt 2011/3, Sayı 2
The purpose of this study was to explore the role that a collaborative teaching approach, referred to as a community of practice (CoP), had on a team of four second grade teachers’ implementation of a science-based interdisciplinary curriculum. Data was …
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 …
Eğitim Bilimleri Araştırmaları DergisiCilt 2011/1, Sayı 1
This study’s object is to explore and present both elementary teachers’ and science teachers’ dispositions toward incorporating new technologies into their classrooms. To achieve this end, survey questions were prepared aiming to probe the following themes: the adequacy of new …
International Journal of Modern Education StudiesCilt 2017/1-legacy-4239, Sayı 1
Change is an inevitable reality of life. The developments in the world affect the qualities expected from individuals and this reflects on the educational systems. For this reason, the high competitiveness of the countries in the international arena requires that …
International Electronic Journal of Elementary EducationCilt 2012/5, Sayı 1
The present study examined the cognitive factors that influence children’s physical science learning from a multimedia instruction. Using a causally coherent text and visual models, we taught 4th- and 7th- grade children about the observable and molecular properties of the …
International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and TechnologyCilt 2014/2, Sayı 2
Instructional written materials play important roles as teachers’ agents in effective teaching practices. Worksheets are one of the most frequently used materials. In this exploratory study, the relationships between worksheet usage and science achievement in 32 countries were examined through …
Kuramsal EğititimbilimCilt 2015/8, Sayı 3
The aim of this study is to determine the preservice elementary teachers’ levels of relating the science knowledge to their daily life and to examine the relation between preservice teachers’ levels of connecting science knowledge that they acquire in science …
Kastamonu Üniversitesi Kastamonu Eğitim DergisiCilt 2007/15, Sayı 1
Teachers need to rethink their beliefs on what is worth knowing about constructive science and technology curriculum and education. Successful science and technology teaching can not likely be achieved without investigation of teachers’ perceptions about goals current 2004 science and …
International Journal of Environmental and Science EducationCilt 2007/2, Sayı 4
The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge levels of popular biotechnological issues of Turkish science and elementary teacher candidates. A questionnaire was administered during 2006-2007 school term to 336 students pursuing their education in the departments of …
Gazi Üniversitesi Gazi Eğitim Fakültesi DergisiCilt 2014/34, Sayı 2
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between their achievements in science-courses with the dimensions of students’ interpersonal relationship which occupies a place of great importance in their in-and-out-of school lives. Within the framework of this general …
International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and TechnologyCilt 2013/1, Sayı 2
The aim of this study is to determine the levels of scientific epistemological beliefs of 8th grade students. The sample of the study consisted of 355 students. The data of the study were collected through the use of the Scale …
Kastamonu Üniversitesi Kastamonu Eğitim DergisiCilt 2008/16, Sayı 2
In this study, the views of elementary teachers (N=72), who participated in an In-service science teaching institute, on the methods and laboratory applications that they used in science courses were determined. As the data collection tool, a questionnaire consisting of …