Instructional Practices in Fifth-through Eighth-grade Science Classrooms of a Selected Seventh-day Adventist Conference

The Relationship Between Students' Perceptions of the Teaching and Learning Process and Academic Performance in Science of Seventh and Eighth Graders Enrolled in Seventh-day Adventist Schools

“…Findings from research conducted in one local conference within the North American Division found that Adventist science teachers in Grades 5-8 exhibited different instructional patterns than those reported in two previous national studies of science education (Burton, Nino, & Hollingsead, 2004). The Adventist teachers in this study reported using a wider variety of instructional practices than in either a heterogeneous national sample of seventh-and eighth-grade teachers or a national sample of teachers in Christian schools (Burton, 1995(Burton, , 1998.…”

“…Adventist science teachers were also much less likely to rely on lecture for routine instructional use. However, while over 82% of Adventist science teachers rated laboratory work as very effective, only half that amount reported they used it regularly (Burton et al, 2004).…”

The educational emphases of science teachers in US Evangelical Protestant high schools

“…Although such critical reflection requires taking stock of current practices, little is known about what systematically occurs in EP classrooms. The few exceptions of research on this topic suggest little distinction between EP schools and public schools (Burton, 1998; Burton et al., 2004). However, measures of teaching practice in that research may be too unrefined to find differences, and given that qualitative studies of individual EP schools describe a distinctive ethos within these schools, differences in practices across school sectors might indeed exist (Bryk et al., 1993; Sikkink, 2001).…”

“…Another inquiry into the teaching practices of science classrooms in Seventh-Day Adventist schools revealed that teachers often utilized class discussions and student projects in their instruction. However, no comparison group was available to make additional claims (Burton et al., 2004).…”