The Impact of Science Fiction Film on Student Understanding of Science     

Michael Barnett  Heather Wagner  Anne Gatling  Janice Anderson  Meredith Houle  Alan Kafka 《Journal of Science Education and Technology》2006,15(2):179-191

Researchers who have investigated the public understanding of science have argued that fictional cinema and television has proven to be particularly effective at blurring the distinction between fact and fiction. The rationale for this study lies in the notion that to teach science effectively, educators need to understand how popular culture influences their students’ perception and understanding of science. Using naturalistic research methods in a diverse middle school we found that students who watched a popular science fiction film, The Core, had a number of misunderstandings of earth science concepts when compared to students who did not watch the movie. We found that a single viewing of a science fiction film can negatively impact student ideas regarding scientific phenomena. Specifically, we found that the film leveraged the scientific authority of the main character, coupled with scientifically correct explanations of some basic earth science, to create a series of plausible, albeit unscientific, ideas that made sense to students.  相似文献   

A comparison of achievement and creativity of elementary school students using project vs. textbook programs     

Terry Davis  Anne Raymond  C. Mac Rawls  Janice Jordan 《科学教学研究杂志》1976,13(3):205-212

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Recasts Used with Preschoolers Learning English as their Second Language     

Irina Tsybina  Luigi E. Girolametto  Elaine Weitzman  Janice Greenberg 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2006,34(2):177-185

This study examined linguistic recasts provided by 16 early childhood educators to preschool children learning English as a second language (EL2). Recasts are semantic and syntactic revisions of children’s utterances. The educator–child interactions were filmed during book reading and play dough activities with small groups of four children, one of whom was EL2. The EL2 children were rated by their educators as having less well-developed expressive language skills than their unilingual peers. However, despite this finding, educators provided similar rates of recasts to both groups of children. Eight EL2 children with the lowest expressive language skills demonstrated fewer uptakes of their educator’s recasts in comparison to EL2 children with higher expressive language skills. The implications of this study include increasing the rate of recasts and reducing their complexity to provide language-learning opportunities for all preschool children, especially for those learning English as a second language.  相似文献   

Supplemental reading strategy instruction for adolescents: A randomized trial and follow-up study     

Susan Chambers Cantrell  Janice F. Almasi  Margaret Rintamaa  Janis C. Carter 《The Journal of educational research》2016,109(1):7-26

In this study, the authors examine the impact of a yearlong supplemental reading course involving daily instruction in the learning strategies curriculum on lower achieving adolescent students' reading achievement and motivation. Using a multiple-cohort randomized treatment-control group design over 4 years, they compared achievement and motivation outcomes for 605 sixth-grade students who participated in the intervention with 530 students who did not participate and 593 ninth-grade students who participated in the intervention with 535 students who did not participate. Results indicated significant impacts of the intervention on reading achievement for ninth-grade students but not for sixth-grade students. Significant impacts on reading motivation were found for both sixth- and ninth-grade students. An exploratory follow-up study indicated potential benefits of a second year of intervention for sixth-grade students who are still low achieving after 1 year of intervention.  相似文献   

The Effect of a Mentoring Model for Elementary Science Professional Development     

Janice Koch  Ken Appleton 《Journal of Science Teacher Education》2007,18(2):209-231

This study describes an elementary science model of professional development through mentoring by university science education professors working with teachers at a private elementary school in a regional city in Queensland, Australia. A cross-cultural collaboration involving professors from the United States and Australia resulted in the socially constructed image of the science education mentor. While there is no generic model for elementary science mentoring, results of data collection reveal that (a) one-to-one mentoring has short-term implications for implementing constructivist science teaching practices; (b) successful mentoring models include facilitating the understanding of science content, exploring elementary science pedagogical content knowledge through modeling, and off-site professional development workshops; and (c) understanding and working from the predispositions of the teachers is an essential component of effective professional development.  相似文献   

Women teachers and teacher power     

Andrew Fishel  Janice Pottker 《The Urban Review》1972,6(2):40-44

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The importance of distinguishing delicious and delicate fruits: A response to Lothar Martin's review of ‘Adolescence from crisis to coping’     

Janice Gibson-Cline 《International journal for the advancement of counseling》1998,20(2):161-171

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The 2006 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science presented to Fernando Nottebohm, Ph.D. for demonstration of Central Neurogenesis in Adult Avians, with Concomitant Implications for the Theory of Memory and for the Future of Neurological Repair in Injury and Disease     

Janice Taylor Gordon 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》2010,347(4):708-718

Nottebohm is noted for his demonstration of Central Neurogenesis in Adult Avians, with Concomitant Implications for the Theory of Memory and for the Future of Neurological Repair in Injury and Disease.  相似文献   

Response to Karen Meyer: Reflections on being female in school science     

Janice Koch 《科学教学研究杂志》1998,35(4):473-474

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New Issues,New Developments and New Challenges for Negotiating the International Rights Contract     

Janice Potter 《Publishing Research Quarterly》2009,25(1):12-23

A guide to basic contractual provisions and current publishing trends for consideration in negotiating a concise, successful International Rights Contract, which includes: assessing the rights available for sale and ways in which to successfully exploit and maintain those rights.  相似文献