Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0210979

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0210979

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Investigating ways to enhance teachers' science explanations and students' concept learning using cycles of reflective explanations. Explanation is central to learning because teachers explain phenomena to students and students are assessed on their explanations to other students and the teacher. Teacher explanations are not always effective and many lower secondary students provide descriptions when an explanation is needed. This projects aims for three outcomes: first, it researches teacher explanations for teachers. Second, it researches student-student and student-teacher explanations to find which explanatory types maximise concept learning; and third, it evaluates a cycle of reflective explanations model for enhancing science teacher explanations.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2004

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $110,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Curriculum and Pedagogy | Teacher Education: Secondary | Curriculum Studies: Science Education

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Secondary education |

Other Keywords

Curriculum Studies: Science Education | Curriculum and Pedagogy | Secondary education | Teacher Education: Secondary

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