National Science Education Standards
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This article is published in Journal of Chemical Education.The article was published on 1995-04-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2670 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: National Science Education Standards & Generally Accepted Auditing Standards.read more
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What Makes Professional Development Effective? Results From a National Sample of Teachers
TL;DR: The authors used a large-scale empirical comparison of effects of different characteristics of professional development on teachers' learning, and found that content knowledge, opportunities for active learning and coherence with other learning activities significantly affect teacher learning.
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The Laboratory in Science Education: Foundations for the Twenty-First Century
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TL;DR: Hofstein and Lunetta as mentioned in this paper conducted a review of the research on the school science laboratory and found that the laboratory has a central and distinctive role in science education, and science educators have suggested that rich benefits in learning accrue from using laboratory activities.
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Scaffolding and Achievement in Problem-Based and Inquiry Learning: A Response to Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark (2006)
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that problem-based learning (PBL) and inquiry learning (IL) are powerful and effective models of learning and that they employ scaffolding extensively, thereby reducing the cognitive load and allowing students to learn in complex domains.
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Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment
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What Makes Professional Development Effective? Results From a National Sample of Teachers
TL;DR: The authors used a large-scale empirical comparison of effects of different characteristics of professional development on teachers' learning, and found that content knowledge, opportunities for active learning and coherence with other learning activities significantly affect teacher learning.
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Scaffolding and Achievement in Problem-Based and Inquiry Learning: A Response to Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark (2006)
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that problem-based learning (PBL) and inquiry learning (IL) are powerful and effective models of learning and that they employ scaffolding extensively, thereby reducing the cognitive load and allowing students to learn in complex domains.
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Effects of Small-Group Learning on Undergraduates in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology: A Meta-Analysis:
TL;DR: In this paper, the results of a meta-analysis that integrates research on undergraduate science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (SMET) education since 1980 are presented. But the results in this paper are limited to SMET courses and programs.
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Policy Implementation and Cognition: Reframing and Refocusing Implementation Research
TL;DR: This article developed a cognitive framework to characterize sense-making in the implementation process that is especially relevant for recent education policy initiatives, such as standards-based reforms that press for tremendous changes in classroom instruction.
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Views of nature of science questionnaire: Toward valid and meaningful assessment of learners' conceptions of nature of science
TL;DR: The Views of Nature of Science Questionnaire (VNOS) as discussed by the authors is an open-ended instrument, which in conjunction with individual interviews aims to provide meaningful assessments of learners' NOS views.