scholarly journals A scientific approach to teaching science

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-235
Author(s):  
Ian M. Kinchin
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Science ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Approach To Teaching

scholarly journals Embedding Formative Assessment and Promoting Active Learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Swinbank ◽  
Mary Whitehouse ◽  
Robin Millar
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Formative Assessment ◽  
Teaching Science ◽  
Design Approach ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Backward Design ◽  
Assessment Tasks ◽  
Approach To Teaching

In this contribution we outline how the York Science project is using a ‘backward design’ approach to teaching science to students aged 11–14. We then present some examples of formative assessment tasks and show how simple selected-response questions can be modified to provide teachers with detailed information about students’ ideas. Finally we indicate how such tasks can help promote active learning.

A process approach to teaching science

1971 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marshall A. Nay ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Process Approach ◽  
Teaching Science ◽  
Approach To Teaching

scholarly journals Implementing Learner-Centered Approach to Teaching Science in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Iman Mesfar Alqahtani
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Science Achievement ◽  
School Science ◽  
Teaching Science ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
School Science Teaching

This study was to examine the effectiveness of student-centered approach to teaching science in higher education on students’ performance, students’ motivation and students’ social skills. The population in this study was 22 students who were admitted to the single subject credential program. The participants registered in Methods and Materials in Middle School Science Teaching (CI 161). Students’ science achievement was measured by using the pre-test and a post-test achievement test that created by this researcher based on expectancy and goals of the course. Also, this research used two questionnaires were conducted at the end of the academic semester to measure students’ motivation towards science learning and the second one to measure the influence of this approach on students' social skills. The result was implementing student-centered approach to teaching science in higher education has positive influences on students’ performance, students’ motivation and students’ social skills.

Zap! II: Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Stephen R. Wilk
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Science ◽  
Look Back ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Optical Phenomena

A look back at my earlier book How the Ray Gun Got Its Zap! and the reason I write these essays. I re-iterate my purposes of providing entertainment and “education by stealth” in my pieces about strange and unusual optical phenomena. Besides mentioning several of the science popularizers whose names may be familiar to most readers,” I write about two more of the essayists who inspired me—David Brewster and Jearl D. Walker—and their approach to teaching science through asking unusual questions and posing challenges. This helps the readers to search for the answers themselves.

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