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Nature of Science, Scientific Inquiry, and Socio-Scientific Issues Arising from Genetics: A Pathway to Developing a Scientifically Literate Citizenry by Lederman, Norman G., Antink, Allison, Bartos, Stephen

“…The primary focus of this article is to illustrate how teachers can use contemporary socio-scientific issues to teach students about nature of scientific…”
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Developing views of nature of science in an authentic context: An explicit approach to bridging the gap between nature of science and scientific inquiry by Schwartz, Reneé S., Lederman, Norman G., Crawford, Barbara A.

“…Reform efforts emphasize teaching science to promote contemporary views of the nature of science (NOS) and scientific inquiry. Within the framework of situated…”
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Inquiry in science education: International perspectives by Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad, BouJaoude, Saouma, Duschl, Richard, Lederman, Norman G, Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel, Hofstein, Avi, Niaz, Mansoor, Treagust, David, Tuan, Hsiao-lin

“…paper set emerged from an international symposium that aimed to shed light on issues associated with the enactment of inquiry both as means (i.e., inquiry as…”
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Improving Science Teachers' Conceptions of Nature of Science: A Critical Review of the Literature by Abd-El-Khalick, Foyad, Lederman, Norman G

“…Reviews and assesses the effectiveness of the attempts undertaken to improve prospective and practicing science teachers' conceptions of the nature of science…”
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The Status of Preservice Science Teacher Education: A Global Perspective by Lederman, Norman G., Lederman, Judith S.

“…The profession of teaching is simply too complex and it is continually impacted by numerous contextual and political issues. If one views the history of how we…”
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Teaching and learning nature of scientific knowledge: Is it Déjà vu all over again? by Lederman, Norman G., Lederman, Judith S.

“…This review traces the history of research on the teaching and learning of nature of scientific knowledge (NOSK), and its implications for curriculum and…”
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Contextualizing the Relationship Between Nature of Scientific Knowledge and Scientific Inquiry: Implications for Curriculum and Classroom Practice by Lederman, Norman G.

“…How nature of scientific knowledge (NOSK) or nature of science (NOS) and scientific inquiry (SI) are contextualized, or related to each other, significantly…”
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Inventing Creativity: An Exploration of the Pedagogy of Ingenuity in Science Classrooms by Meyer, Allison Antink, Lederman, Norman G.

“…Concerns with the ability of U.S. classrooms to develop learners who will become the next generation of innovators, particularly given the present climate of…”
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Understandings of the nature of science and decision making on science and technology based issues by Bell, Randy L, Lederman, Norman G

“…The purpose of this investigation was to explicate the role of the nature of science in decision making on science and technology based issues and to delineate…”
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The influence of history of science courses on students' views of nature of science by Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad, Lederman, Norman G.

“…This study (a) assessed the influence of three history of science (HOS) courses on college students' and preservice science teachers' conceptions of nature of…”
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VASI Questionnaire in the context of Brazilian Secondary Education: an Analysis of the Students' Understanding of Scientific Inquiry by Andrade, Mariana A. Bologna Soares de, Lederman, Norman G., Lederman, Judith

“…Science education researchers agree that a better understanding of Scientific Inquiry (SI) is one of the main objectives of Scientific Literacy. Considering…”
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A Comprehensive Review of Instruments Measuring Attitudes Toward Science by Toma, Radu Bogdan, Lederman, Norman G.

“…The development of attitudes toward science instruments has recently emerged in science education research. However, a comprehensive review of their…”
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Students' and Teachers' Conceptions of the Nature of Science: A Review of the Research by Lederman, Norman G

“…Reviews research from the past 40 years on students' and teachers' conceptions of the nature of science, clarifies the basic assumptions and logic which have…”
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Teachers' knowledge structures for nature of science and scientific inquiry: Conceptions and classroom practice by Bartos, Stephen A., Lederman, Norman G.

“…Research on nature of science (NOS) and scientific inquiry (SI) has indicated that a teacher's knowledge of each, however well developed, is not sufficient to…”
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The Nature of Science and Instructional Practice: Making the Unnatural Natural by Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad, Bell, Randy L, Lederman, Norman G

“…The purpose of this study was to delineate the factors that mediate the translation of preservice teachers' conceptions of the nature of science (NOS) into…”
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La siempre cambiante contextualización de la naturaleza de la ciencia: documentos recientes sobre la reforma de la educación científica en los Estados Unidos y su impacto en el logro de la alfabetización científica by Lederman, Norman G.

“…Diversos autores han manifestado una gran preocupación por la marginalización de la naturaleza de la ciencia (NDC) en los Next Generation Science Standards…”
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Science teachers' diagnosis and understanding of students' preconceptions by Morrison, Judith A, Lederman, Norman G

“…Research has established that students enter their science classes with ideas about the natural world that do not align with accepted scientificbeliefs. The…”
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Informal Science Educators' Views about Nature of Scientific Knowledge by Holliday, Gary M., G. Lederman, Norman

“…Publications such as Surrounded by science: Learning science in informal environments [Fenichel, M., & Schweingruber, H. A. (2010). Washington, DC: The…”
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Improving Chinese junior high school students’ ability to ask critical questions by Huang, Xiao, Lederman, Norman G., Cai, Chaojing

“…The present study explores ways to enhance students’ question‐asking ability (i.e., the ability to ask critical questions), which is the premise of scientific…”
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Creative Cognition in Secondary Science: An Exploration of Divergent Thinking in Science among Adolescents by Antink-Meyer, Allison, Lederman, Norman G

“…The divergent thinking skills in science of 282 US high school students were investigated across 16 weeks of instruction in order to determine whether typical…”
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