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The Use of Cronbach’s Alpha When Developing and Reporting Research Instruments in Science Education

open access: yesResearch in Science Education, 2017
Cronbach’s alpha is a statistic commonly quoted by authors to demonstrate that tests and scales that have been constructed or adopted for research projects are fit for purpose. Cronbach’s alpha is regularly adopted in studies in science education: it was
K. Taber
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Provision for students with learning difficulties in general colleges of further education - have we been going round in circles? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This is a PDF version of an article published in British journal of special education© 2006. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com.This article discusses the current situation for students with severe learning difficulties in ...
Ainley   +31 more
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Science Education in the Era of a Pandemic

open access: yesScience Education, 2020
In late February 2019, when the Covid-19 crisis began to spread across South Korea, my doctoral student Wonyong Park was there for his data collection in secondary schools.
S. Erduran
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Education in Science [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1901
SOME discussion has recently arisen as to the methods of teaching mathematics. Euclid has been condemned on the score of its advancement and its antiquity. An infusion of more modern geometry has been recommended, with corresponding arithmetic and algebra. In science, at the same time, there has been a tendency to recognise the historic method.
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GLOBE: Science and Education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This article provides a brief overview of the GLOBE Program and describes its benefits to scientists, teachers, and students. The program itself is designed to use environmental research as a means to improve student achievement in basic science ...
Dixon Butler, Ian MacGregor
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The Nature of STEM Disciplines in the Science Education Standards Documents from the USA, Korea and Taiwan

open access: yesScience Education, 2020
Understanding the nature of science (NOS) has emerged as a core curricular goal since at least the 1960s. While science education reforms around the world have shed light on various epistemic and social underpinnings of science, how science curriculum ...
Wonyong Park, Jen-Yi Wu, S. Erduran
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Science Education in the Light of COVID-19

open access: yesScience Education, 2020
In this position paper, I examine how the history, philosophy and sociology of science (HPS) can contribute to science education in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.
M. Reiss
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Open Education Science [PDF]

open access: yesAERA Open, 2018
Scientific progress is built on research that is reliable, accurate, and verifiable. The methods and evidentiary reasoning that underlie scientific claims must be available for scrutiny. Like other fields, the education sciences suffer from problems such as failure to replicate, validity and generalization issues, publication bias, and high costs of ...
Zee, T. van der, Reich, J.
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Risk Society and Science Education

open access: yesScience Education, 2020
The current COVID-19 pandemic raises reflection on the new roles of science education in citizen education in a world characterized by civilization risks, derived from the current socioeconomic development.
M. Pietrocola   +3 more
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Report on a Boston University Conference December 7-8, 2012 on 'How Can the History and Philosophy of Science Contribute to Contemporary U.S. Science Teaching?' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This is an editorial report on the outcomes of an international conference sponsored by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) (REESE-1205273) to the School of Education at Boston University and the Center for Philosophy and History of ...
Benétreau-Dupin, Yann, Garik, Peter
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