It is now widely agreed in many countries around the world that teaching is among the most
important factors in students' achievement, in school success more broadly, and in the …

There is widespread agreement that an adequate understanding of the nature of science
(NOS) is a critical component of scientific literacy and a major goal in science education …

Today, the need for individuals who follow scientific and technological developments closely
and who can adapt to these changes rapidly is increasing. These needs have made it …

Findings generated by recent research in science education, international debate on the
guiding purposes of science education and the nature of scientific and technological literacy …

This mixed‐methods investigation compared the relative impacts of instructional approach
and context of nature of science instruction on preservice elementary teachers' …

Technology integration in K-12 classrooms is usually overly teacher-centered and has
insufficient impact on students' learning, especially in enhancing students' higher-order …

New views of proficiency in K‐8 science that highlight the importance of engaging children
in the discourses and practices of science have raised the stakes for elementary teachers …

There exists a general consensus in the science education literature around the goal of
enhancing learners' views of nature of science (NOS). An extensive body of research in the …

The purpose of this study is to examine practicing scientists' views of nature of science
(NOS) and explore possible relationships between these views and science context …

This study explored the influence of a Saturday Science program that used explicit reflective
instruction through contextualized and decontextualized guided and authentic inquiry on K …