Download or read book Student Perceptions of Their Undergraduate Science Laboratories written by Eva N. Nyutu and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The science laboratory learning environment has been a distinctive area in science education since the 19th century. The science laboratory environment has been examined extensively at the high school level using the Science Laboratory Environment Inventory (SLEI). There are, however, very few studies about the science laboratory environment done at the college level. An instrument that may be helpful for college instructors is one that assesses the degree to which students perceive the laboratory as intended by their science instructors. An examination of the literature indicated that there are no validated and reliable instruments for measuring student perceptions of what science instructors intend for the laboratory. The literature suggests that students may not be aware of their science instructors’ intentions for undergraduate science laboratory experiences. Science education researchers suggest that the misalignment between science instructors' intentions for the laboratory and students' perceptions of those intentions is a possible reason why previous studies have shown science laboratories to have limited impact on student outcomes. Because an appropriate instrument is not available, researchers have not been able to compare science majors and non-majors' perceptions, or female and male perceptions of the laboratory with respect to science instructors' intentions for the laboratory. Important factors, such as interest in science, have also not been examined due to the lack of an appropriate instrument. In light of this situation, I completed three independent but related studies. These studies led to three manuscripts for journal submission. In the first study, I developed the Student Perceptions of the College Instructional Laboratory Survey (SPCILS) using a foundational model and a bottom-up approach. The SPCILS is an easy-to-use, quantitative indicator of student perceptions of the laboratory with respect to science instructors' intention. The SPCILS is a useful tool for evaluating introductory science laboratory course design for the purpose of improving laboratory instruction. In the second study, using a quantitative design, I used the SPCILS to compare science majors and non-majors, and female and male perceptions of the laboratory with respect to science instructors' intentions for laboratories. This study provides baseline data for future qualitative studies about how major and gender might be impacting students' laboratory experiences in ways beyond what was measured on this survey. In the final study, I used a quantitative design to examine whether student's casual interest in science is associated with student’s perception of their science instructional labs as intended by their instructors. This study provides baseline data for future qualitative studies about how students casually interested in science perceive the science instructional lab as intended by their instructors. The cumulative results of the three studies build upon one another by understanding students' casual interest in science and perceptions, which can help science educators modify undergraduate science laboratory activities to create a positive experience for students. This, in turn, may lead to retention in science majors and/or progression of these students into science-related careers.
Download or read book The Student Laboratory and the Science Curriculum written by Elizabeth Hegarty-Hazel and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Differences Between Student Perceptions of the Actual and the Preferred Science Laboratory Classroom Learning Environments at a South African College of Education written by William Edward Adams and published by . This book was released on 1993* with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Improving Secondary Science Teaching written by John Parkinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving Secondary Science Teaching has been written to help teachers both new and experienced reflect on their current practice and consider how to improve the effectiveness of their teaching. The book examines each of the common teaching methods used in science in relation to pupils' learning and provides guidance on management issues and procedures. With underlying themes such as pupils' interest in science and their motivation to learn; how pupils learn science; the type of science currently being taught in school; and the value of educational research; the book includes chapters on: the improvement process planning for progression and continuity promoting pupils' learning dealing with differences making use of information from assessment learning about the nature of science This timely book will be of interest to practising science teachers, particularly those who are working to improve the management of science departments or their own teaching practice. It will also be a valuable resource for science education researchers and students on higher degree courses in science education.
Download or read book America s Lab Report written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-01-20 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laboratory experiences as a part of most U.S. high school science curricula have been taken for granted for decades, but they have rarely been carefully examined. What do they contribute to science learning? What can they contribute to science learning? What is the current status of labs in our nation�s high schools as a context for learning science? This book looks at a range of questions about how laboratory experiences fit into U.S. high schools: What is effective laboratory teaching? What does research tell us about learning in high school science labs? How should student learning in laboratory experiences be assessed? Do all student have access to laboratory experiences? What changes need to be made to improve laboratory experiences for high school students? How can school organization contribute to effective laboratory teaching? With increased attention to the U.S. education system and student outcomes, no part of the high school curriculum should escape scrutiny. This timely book investigates factors that influence a high school laboratory experience, looking closely at what currently takes place and what the goals of those experiences are and should be. Science educators, school administrators, policy makers, and parents will all benefit from a better understanding of the need for laboratory experiences to be an integral part of the science curriculum-and how that can be accomplished.
Download or read book Undergraduate Student Perceptions of Benefits from Their Laboratory Expereience in Human Physiology written by Scott Tamminga and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Science Education for Gifted Learners written by Keith S. Taber and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-04-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asks how science teachers can make their classes more stimulating and challenging for the most able students to encourage them to continue their science education beyond compulsory schooling.
Download or read book College Level Microbiology written by Audiolearn Content Team and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-31 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AudioLearn's college level courses presents Microbiology. Developed by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a great way to explore the subject of college-level Microbiology. The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you might expect to learn in a typical undergraduate Microbiology course. The material is accurate, up-to-date, and broken down into bite-size chapters. There are key takeaways following each chapter to drive home key points and quizzes to review commonly tested questions. Observing Microorganisms Cell Basics Acellular Pathogens Types of Prokaryotic Cells Types of Eukaryotic Cells The Biochemistry of Microbiology Metabolic Processes in Microbiology The Genome in Microbiology Microbial Genetics Microbial Growth Antimicrobial Agents Pathogenicity and Disease Innate Immune System Adaptive Immune System Advanced Laboratory Methods We will conclude the course with a 200 question practice test.
Download or read book Research Based Undergraduate Science Teaching written by Dennis W. Sunal and published by IAP. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research in Science Education (RISE) Volume 6, Research Based Undergraduate Science Teaching examines research, theory, and practice concerning issues of teaching science with undergraduates. This RISE volume addresses higher education faculty and all who teach entry level science. The focus is on helping undergraduates develop a basic science literacy leading to scientific expertise. RISE Volume 6 focuses on research-based reforms leading to best practices in teaching undergraduates in science and engineering. The goal of this volume is to provide a research foundation for the professional development of faculty teaching undergraduate science. Such science instruction should have short- and longterm impacts on student outcomes. The goal was carried out through a series of events over several years. The website at http://nseus.org documents materials from these events. The international call for manuscripts for this volume requested the inclusion of major priorities and critical research areas, methodological concerns, and results of implementation of faculty professional development programs and reform in teaching in undergraduate science classrooms. In developing research manuscripts to be reviewed for RISE, Volume 6, researchers were asked to consider the status and effectiveness of current and experimental practices for reforming undergraduate science courses involving all undergraduates, including groups of students who are not always well represented in STEM education. To influence practice, it is important to understand how researchbased practice is made and how it is implemented. The volume should be considered as a first step in thinking through what reform in undergraduate science teaching might look like and how we help faculty to implement such reform.
Download or read book Predict Observe Explain written by John Haysom and published by NSTA Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Haysom and Michael Bowen provide middle and high school science teachers with more than 100 student activities to help the students develop their understanding of scientific concepts. The powerful Predict, Observe, Explain (POE) strategy, field-tested by hundreds of teachers, is designed to foster student inquiry and challenge existing conceptions that students bring to the classroom.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning written by Norbert M. Seel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 3643 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past century, educational psychologists and researchers have posited many theories to explain how individuals learn, i.e. how they acquire, organize and deploy knowledge and skills. The 20th century can be considered the century of psychology on learning and related fields of interest (such as motivation, cognition, metacognition etc.) and it is fascinating to see the various mainstreams of learning, remembered and forgotten over the 20th century and note that basic assumptions of early theories survived several paradigm shifts of psychology and epistemology. Beyond folk psychology and its naïve theories of learning, psychological learning theories can be grouped into some basic categories, such as behaviorist learning theories, connectionist learning theories, cognitive learning theories, constructivist learning theories, and social learning theories. Learning theories are not limited to psychology and related fields of interest but rather we can find the topic of learning in various disciplines, such as philosophy and epistemology, education, information science, biology, and – as a result of the emergence of computer technologies – especially also in the field of computer sciences and artificial intelligence. As a consequence, machine learning struck a chord in the 1980s and became an important field of the learning sciences in general. As the learning sciences became more specialized and complex, the various fields of interest were widely spread and separated from each other; as a consequence, even presently, there is no comprehensive overview of the sciences of learning or the central theoretical concepts and vocabulary on which researchers rely. The Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning provides an up-to-date, broad and authoritative coverage of the specific terms mostly used in the sciences of learning and its related fields, including relevant areas of instruction, pedagogy, cognitive sciences, and especially machine learning and knowledge engineering. This modern compendium will be an indispensable source of information for scientists, educators, engineers, and technical staff active in all fields of learning. More specifically, the Encyclopedia provides fast access to the most relevant theoretical terms provides up-to-date, broad and authoritative coverage of the most important theories within the various fields of the learning sciences and adjacent sciences and communication technologies; supplies clear and precise explanations of the theoretical terms, cross-references to related entries and up-to-date references to important research and publications. The Encyclopedia also contains biographical entries of individuals who have substantially contributed to the sciences of learning; the entries are written by a distinguished panel of researchers in the various fields of the learning sciences.
Download or read book The Forgotten Tribe written by Lisa Emerson and published by CSU Open Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An important corrective to the view that scientists are "poor writers, unnecessarily opaque, not interested in writing, and in need of remediation." Arguing that scientists are "the most sophisticated and flexible writers in the academy, often writing for a wider range of audiences than most other faculty"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Studies in Educational Learning Environments written by Swee Chiew Goh and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of classroom and school learning environments and their effects on students' learning has been going on for more than a century. Past efforts in the study of the learning environment and its determinants have indicated that it plays a major role in improving teaching and learning in primary, secondary and higher education.This book covers various dimensions of the learning environment, its underlying theory, the impact on learning, the curriculum and classroom management. It is organized in such a way as to provide a cross-national and multi-cultural forum for presenting and discussing research findings, as well as development and applications of various techniques and instruments in learning environment research.
Download or read book The Impact of the Laboratory and Technology on Learning and Teaching Science K 16 written by Dennis W. Sunal and published by IAP. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Impact of the Laboratory and Technology on K-12 Science Learning and Teaching examines the development, use, and influence of active laboratory experiences and the integration of technology in science teaching. This examination involves the viewpoints of policymakers, researchers, and teachers that are expressed through research involving original documents, interviews, analysis and synthesis of the literature, case studies, narrative studies, observations of teachers and students, and assessment of student learning outcomes. Volume 3 of the series, Research in Science Education, addresses the needs of various constituencies including teachers, administrators, higher education science and science education faculty, policymakers, governmental and professional agencies, and the business community. The guiding theme of this volume is the role of practical laboratory work and the use of technology in science learning and teaching, K-16. The volume investigates issues and concerns related to this theme through various perspectives addressing design, research, professional practice, and evaluation. Beginning with definitions, the historical evolution and policy guiding these learning experiences are explored from several viewpoints. Effective design and implementation of laboratory work and technology experiences is examined for elementary and high school classrooms as well as for undergraduate science laboratories, informal settings, and science education courses and programs. In general, recent research provides evidence that students do benefit from inquirybased laboratory and technology experiences that are integrated with classroom science curricula. The impact and status of laboratory and technology experiences is addressed by exploring specific strategies in a variety of scientific fields and courses. The chapters outline and describe in detail researchbased best practices for a variety of settings.
Download or read book Undergraduate Research in the Sciences written by Sandra Laursen and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Undergraduate research (UR) is widely believed to enhance the learning experience of students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs. This is the first comprehensive, practical, research-based book on undergraduate research. It addresses how the benefits to UR participants arise; compares the benefits of UR with other types of educational activities or experience; the long-term value of UR; and more. Intended to assist both existing and new UR practitioners with program design and evaluation needs, the book will also be useful to the wider community of academics, policy-makers, and funders of UR programs.
Download or read book Teaching in the Sciences written by Acram Taji and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-02-14 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gain a clear understanding of what effective teachers do—and how successful students learn Over the past 20 years, a greater concentration on research aimed at both teaching and learning has revealed that “chalk and talk” teaching, copying notes, and “cookbook” practical lessons offer little challenge to student
Download or read book iPads in Higher Education written by Claire Pillar and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proceedings of the 1st International Conference on the use of iPads in Higher Education (ihe2014) gathered in this volume will be of interest to a wide range of academics regardless of research discipline. With the widespread implementation of the use of tablets, particularly iPads, in Higher Education, this book will be useful to academics that are interested in using iPads in teaching and learning, irrespective of the scale of implementation. The contributions to this volume cover a wide range of academic areas, including Urban Planning and Management; Urban Studies; Education; Environmental Management; Biology; Medical Education; Business Administration; Teacher Training and Education; Physics; Languages; Conference and Meetings Management; Art and Design; Computing and Mathematics; and Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy. They also utilise a variety of research methods, such as surveys, questionnaires, focus groups, and field studies.
