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- Title
Science Vocabulary Development in a Problem-based Learning Simulation.
- Authors
Lynn, Lisa J.; Lawless, Kimberly A.; Brown, Scott W.; Brodowinska, Kamila; Mullin, Gregory; Powell, Nicole; Richards, Kimberly A.; Boyer, Mark A.
- Abstract
This study seeks to determine whether extended, technology-mediated, online discussions of a socioscientific issue in the social studies classroom can also support incidental science vocabulary learning. Science vocabulary is an important outcome of science education and an indicator of science knowledge, which can be acquired either through direct instruction or through incidental exposure in science classrooms. Science vocabulary is measured by its use in extended-response essays written before and after a socio-scientific simulation. The pre and post essays indicate the acquisition of several new science terms as well as a possible shift in the scientific foci of student essays from pre to post.
- Subjects
SCIENTIFIC terminology; PROBLEM-based learning; PROBLEM solving; ACTIVE learning; SCIENCE education
- Publication
National Teacher Education Journal, 2014, Vol 7, Issue 3, p13
- ISSN
2157-0590
- Publication type
Article