The science of teaching science

Abstract

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Are teachers meeting students’ needs in untracked science classrooms? Evidence based on a causal inferential approach

“…Provision of adequate feedback encapsulates the amount of feedback and advice given to students. These outcomes in the context of PISA 2015 are important because there is evidence to suggest that adaptive teaching and teacher feedback are related with science performance [ 29 ]. Furthermore, these outcomes have been shown to capture meaningful variation in teaching quality and to correlate with students’ intrinsic motivations in terms of predictive validity [ 30 ].…”

Socio-Ecological Controversies in the News as Trigger of a Model-Based Inquiry Instructional Sequence about the Effect of Global Warming on the Great Barrier Reef

“…Several international reports and projects have recommended that the inquiry process becomes the backbone of teaching, under the common name of inquiry-based science education (IBSE). Numerous quantitative studies have shown the effectiveness limited of non-guidance IBSE and the benefits of guidance IBSE in learning scientific skills [76][77][78][79][80][81]. Furthermore, IBSE engages students in learning [82,83], enhancing their attitudes, motivation, interest, self-confidence, and expectations for the future [33].…”

“…Furthermore, IBSE engages students in learning [82,83], enhancing their attitudes, motivation, interest, self-confidence, and expectations for the future [33]. A necessary benefit of using IBSE as a teaching approach is it promotes the commitment of girls to science and scientific professions [76][77][78][79].…”

Résumé

“…Previous analyses of PISA data have shown that teachers in mathematics and science across the globe vary considerably in what they teach and, more importantly, in how they teach (Echazarra et al, 2016;Mostafa, Echazarra and Guillou, 2018). To determine how language-of-instruction teachers teach, PISA 2018 asked students several questions about the type of strategies their teachers use in their lessons.…”