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Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research
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ISSN 2662-2300 · SpringerOpen · 175 articles in the index
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Synergistic scaffolding in promoting high school learners’ conceptual understanding of chemical and physical change in a simulated inquiry-based learning environment
Abstract Chemistry learning presents challenges worldwide due to the difficulty learners experience in visualizing phenomena that happen at a sub-microscopic level. While inquiry-based learning in science education is globally endorsed, factors such as the lack of physical resources constrain its…
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Exploring motivational mechanisms to learn in a national chemistry projects competition: lessons from a retrospective study
Abstract The “We Have Chemistry!” national projects competition was originally developed in 2008 as a non-formal, engaging learning environment to increase high-school students’ motivation to study chemistry. Participants submit chemistry-related projects under STEM/STEAM categories of their…
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Designing a critical AI literacy program for K-8 STEM education: Adopting a community-centered approach
Abstract Considering the growing use of AI in society, designing learning environments that promote students’ critical consciousness and literacy regarding both the affordances and challenges of AI has become imperative. While focusing on the technical and foundational concepts of AI is essential…
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Grounded opinion forming processes – an underused learning frame for socioscientific issues instruction
Abstract Teaching science today isn’t just about facts—it’s about preparing students to make sense of a world shaped by controversy, uncertainty, misinformation and competing values. This theory-informed perspective paper makes the case for centering “grounded opinion-forming processes”—an…
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Critical modelling of socioscientific issues: fostering critical scientific literacy in Latin America
Abstract This paper advances a research-informed framework for conceptualising modelling-based instruction as a means of fostering critical scientific literacies through socioscientific issues (SSI). Drawing on the SSI research movement and Vision III of scientific literacy, we conceptualise…
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Scientific practices in science education, 2013–2023: bibliometric mapping and thematic synthesis
Abstract As a core dimension of science education, scientific practices have shifted the field’s focus from knowledge transmission to engaging students in authentic inquiry and problem-solving, and this shift has been accompanied by a growing body of related scholarship. This review integrates…
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Developing deep knowledge by connecting scientific ideas with data through reasoning to support claims
Abstract Scientifically literate citizens need to know how to use scientific ideas and crosscutting concepts to determine what counts as evidence to support claims. Research is needed to develop an understanding of how to support students in the endeavor. This study investigates how to support…
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Developing and validating a multi-tiered instrument for assessing knowledge and reasoning about socioscientific issues
Abstract Today’s information-rich societies increasingly require citizens to evaluate scientific claims that carry social, ethical, and political consequences. Socioscientific issues in Earth and environmental science are particularly challenging because they involve complex evidence, competing…
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The effects of socioscientific issue-based education on science teachers’ cognitive structures, affective tendencies and scientific thinking habits
Abstract This study aimed to investigate the effects of the Socioscientific Issue–Based Education (SSI-Edu) on science teachers’ cognitive structures, affective tendencies, and scientific thinking habits. A single-group pretest–posttest design was employed with 11 in-service science teachers who…
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Promoting student agency in science education: a meta-synthesis
Abstract Student agency is currently gaining attention in educational research as an important competency that current students should embody. However, synthesis of studies exploring student agency is limited, thereby affecting effective adoption and promotion of agency among students in…
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Development and psychometric validation of a multidimensional chemistry coping strategies scale for secondary school students
Abstract Chemistry learning at the secondary level is cognitively demanding and often induces academic stress. Existing coping measures are largely generic and lack sensitivity to chemistry-specific learning contexts. This study aimed to develop and psychometrically validate a Chemistry Coping…
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ChatGPT-generated socioscientific issues in the context of systems thinking: affordances and limitations
Abstract This study explores the potential of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), specifically ChatGPT, in supporting the design of socioscientific issues (SSI) unit plans that foster systems thinking in high school science education. Employing document analysis, we systematically examined…
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The relationship between science teachers’ assessment practices in model-based teaching, their beliefs about models and their educational experiences
Abstract Grounded in teacher assessment literacy, this study examines how in-service science teachers (ISTs) in Chile relate their beliefs about models and their educational experiences to their self-reported assessment practices in model-based teaching (MBT). Drawing on a previously developed…
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Developing in students’ positive attitude towards biology using students’ centred instructional strategies
Abstract Attitude is a complex construct affecting students’ learning of science, which invariably determines their course of study and career choices. Environmental, personal, teachers’ instructional mode has been identified as some of the factors contributing to deciding students’ attitude…
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A social emotional competence perspective: promoting students’ social decision-making and emotional management through socio-scientific issues learning
Abstract In the face of risks and challenges in a technologically driven society, cultivating versatile talents with both scientific literacy and social emotional competence (SEC) is crucial. Socio-scientific issues (SSI) teaching, characterized by its social contextuality, multidisciplinarity, and…
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Latent growth of elementary science teachers’ epistemic orientation in professional development: a curve-of-factors Model
Abstract Elementary science teachers participated in a two-year professional development workshop to learn how to use epistemic tools in science classrooms for meaningful learning. The teachers’ epistemic orientation was examined on four occasions with a short form of the Epistemic Orientation…
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Exploring high school students’ learning interests and information sources on viruses and COVID-19
Abstract This study investigates high school students’ health-information seeking behaviors related to COVID-19 and viruses in a rural area of the south-central United States, and how these behaviors relate to students’ knowledge, perceptions, and learning interests. Survey data were collected from…
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Nature journaling: a space for student sensemaking regarding the crosscutting concepts
Abstract A growing body of research demonstrates the salience of particular crosscutting concepts (CCCs) in supporting science learning within and across disciplines. However, there is a need for research on how learning experiences support student sensemaking of the CCCs over time. With its…
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Epistemic emotions as markers and mechanisms in socio-scientific issue learning through digital curation
Abstract Socio-Scientific Issues Teaching and Learning (SSI-TL) has been widely recognized for promoting meaningful science learning and civic engagement. However, classroom implementation remains limited due to the lack of pedagogical models that integrate SSI complexity and digital learning…