Curriculum materials serve as a key conceptual tool for science teachers, and better
understanding how science teachers use these tools could help to improve both curriculum …

This article presents a systematic review of research on the achievement outcomes of all
types of approaches to teaching science in elementary schools. Study inclusion criteria …

In the US, many federal, state and local school improvement policies rely on teacher
professional development (PD) to foster classroom change. Past research suggests PD that …

The ultimate goal of science education is for teachers to shape scientifically literate students
by the time they graduate from high school. This work begins with elementary school …

Teacher knowledge of science content is an important but under‐studied construct. A
curricular and professional development intervention consisting of a fifth grade science …

There has been an evolution in the teacher professional learning literature on what
constitutes effective process. This evolution has seen a shift from a focus on the design …

New reform documents underscore the importance of learning both the practices and
content of science. This integration of practices and content requires sophisticated teaching …

Floating and sinking (FS) is a key topic in science education, both at primary and secondary
levels. The interpretation of FS phenomena, however, is challenging due to the difficulty of …

As part of a three‐year curricular and professional development intervention focused on
English language learners (ELLs), this study examined the intervention's effect on teachers' …

Using structural equation modeling, we explored the relationship between practicing 5th and
6th grade elementary teachers' subject matter knowledge (SMK) of the science topics they …