The Translation of Teachers’ Understanding of Gifted Students Into Instructional Strategies for Teaching Science
| Autor: | Soonhye Park, J. Steve Oliver |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Teaching method
05 social sciences 050301 education 050109 social psychology Science teachers Perfectionism (psychology) medicine.disease_cause Science education Education Variety (cybernetics) ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION medicine Mathematics education 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology 0503 education Peer tutor Social constructivism Qualitative research |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Science Teacher Education. 20:333-351 |
| ISSN: | 1573-1847 1046-560X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10972-009-9138-7 |
| Popis: | This study examined how instructional challenges presented by gifted students shaped teachers’ instructional strategies. This study is a qualitative research grounded in a social constructivist framework. The participants were three high school science teachers who were teaching identified gifted students in both heterogeneously- and homogeneously-grouped classrooms. Major data sources are classroom observations and interviews. Data analysis indicated that these science teachers developed content-specific teaching strategies based on their understanding of gifted students, including: (a) instructional differentiation, e.g., thematic units, (b) variety in instructional mode and/or students’ products, (c) student grouping strategies and peer tutoring, (d) individualized support, (e) strategies to manage challenging questions, (f) strategies to deal with the perfectionism, and (g) psychologically safe classroom environments. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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