Opening the «black box» of the science classroom: a study on the relationship between teaching practices on the topic of the Human Body and the thinking skills promoted in 7th grade students
Explaining low student achievement in Science requires opening the «black box» of the classroom to understand teaching practices. This mixed methods study on science teaching was conducted in a representative sample of 36 7th grade classes (students between 12 and 13 years old) from 19 state schools...
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| author | Melina Furman Mariana Luzuriaga Inés Taylor María Victoria Anauati María Eugenia Podestá |
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| description | Explaining low student achievement in Science requires opening the «black box» of the classroom to understand teaching practices. This mixed methods study on science teaching was conducted in a representative sample of 36 7th grade classes (students between 12 and 13 years old) from 19 state schools in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. All students (n = 574) were evaluated to understand the relationship between teaching practices and learning outcomes. Using student workbooks, we found that teachers taught an average of 1.75 hours of science lessons per week, versus the 4 hours specified by local guidelines, and that 81% of teaching activities promote lower order thinking skills (such as recalling and reproducing facts). This is worrying as increasing teaching time and higher order activities correlate positively with student learning outcomes (r = 0.66 p < 0.05 and r = 0.5 p < 0.05 respectively). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b0c45f74e62d452f832b960ee5ff8f042023-09-03T01:36:32ZspaUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaEnseñanza de las Ciencias0212-45212174-64862018-06-013628110310.5565/rev/ensciencias.2519568Opening the «black box» of the science classroom: a study on the relationship between teaching practices on the topic of the Human Body and the thinking skills promoted in 7th grade studentsMelina Furman0Mariana Luzuriaga1Inés Taylor2María Victoria Anauati3María Eugenia Podestá4Universidad de San Andrés; CONICETUniversidad de San AndrésUniversidad de San AndrésUniversidad de San Andrés; CONICETUniversidad de San AndrésExplaining low student achievement in Science requires opening the «black box» of the classroom to understand teaching practices. This mixed methods study on science teaching was conducted in a representative sample of 36 7th grade classes (students between 12 and 13 years old) from 19 state schools in the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. All students (n = 574) were evaluated to understand the relationship between teaching practices and learning outcomes. Using student workbooks, we found that teachers taught an average of 1.75 hours of science lessons per week, versus the 4 hours specified by local guidelines, and that 81% of teaching activities promote lower order thinking skills (such as recalling and reproducing facts). This is worrying as increasing teaching time and higher order activities correlate positively with student learning outcomes (r = 0.66 p < 0.05 and r = 0.5 p < 0.05 respectively).https://ensciencias.uab.es/article/view/2519enseñanza de las cienciasescuela primariapensamiento de orden superiorprácticas de enseñanza |
| spellingShingle | Melina Furman Mariana Luzuriaga Inés Taylor María Victoria Anauati María Eugenia Podestá Opening the «black box» of the science classroom: a study on the relationship between teaching practices on the topic of the Human Body and the thinking skills promoted in 7th grade students Enseñanza de las Ciencias enseñanza de las ciencias escuela primaria pensamiento de orden superior prácticas de enseñanza |
| title | Opening the «black box» of the science classroom: a study on the relationship between teaching practices on the topic of the Human Body and the thinking skills promoted in 7th grade students |
| title_full | Opening the «black box» of the science classroom: a study on the relationship between teaching practices on the topic of the Human Body and the thinking skills promoted in 7th grade students |
| title_fullStr | Opening the «black box» of the science classroom: a study on the relationship between teaching practices on the topic of the Human Body and the thinking skills promoted in 7th grade students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Opening the «black box» of the science classroom: a study on the relationship between teaching practices on the topic of the Human Body and the thinking skills promoted in 7th grade students |
| title_short | Opening the «black box» of the science classroom: a study on the relationship between teaching practices on the topic of the Human Body and the thinking skills promoted in 7th grade students |
| title_sort | opening the black box of the science classroom a study on the relationship between teaching practices on the topic of the human body and the thinking skills promoted in 7th grade students |
| topic | enseñanza de las ciencias escuela primaria pensamiento de orden superior prácticas de enseñanza |
| url | https://ensciencias.uab.es/article/view/2519 |
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