Characterizing inquiry-based science classroom learning environments—generative or replicative—using teachers’ epistemic orientations: a qualitative study - Frontiers

ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-2496-94411 na1, Yubin Raut1, Craig Carlson3, Elisa R. Halewood3, Kendra Turk-Kubo4, Jonathan P. Zehr4, Andrew P. Rees5, Glen Tarran volume 13, Article number: 1472 (2026) Cite this article

We’re sharing this article early to provide faster access to peer-reviewed, accepted research. It is citable and carries a permanent DOI. This version is subject to further edits and will be replaced automatically by the final Version of Record. All legal disclaimers apply. AbstractParents remain closely involved in caring for children hospitalized with cancer, yet nursing quality extends beyond clinical task performance. Although previous studies have identified important aspects of pediatric oncology nursing care, less is known about how parents integrate these dimensions when evaluating overall care quality. To describe parents’ perceptions of high-quality nursing care for children hospitalized with cancer and explore how these dimensions shape parental confidence in care reliability. A qualitative descriptive study was conducted in a pediatric oncology ward in Sanandaj, Iran. Sixteen parents (14 mothers and two fathers) participated in semi-structured interviews, and seven completed follow-up interviews, resulting in 23 interview encounters. Data were analyzed using inductive qualitative content analysis.

Engineers introduce a 3D-printed, hybrid aluminum-and-rubber cloaking device that blocks an object’s thermal signature by guiding heat around it, rendering it invisible to infrared cameras. Credit: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. An object doesn’t have to be visible to give away its location. Sometimes, the way it disrupts the flow of heat is enough to reveal that something is hiding there, much to the despair of camouflaged soldiers who have to endure thermal vision drones on the battlefield. Now, engineers have developed a device that can make that thermal signature almost disappear (although sadly it won’t work for infantry).

The Orion Nebula is a large star-forming region visible to the naked eye. Some of the young stars in the nebula are surrounded by disks of gas and dust in which planets form. Radiation from the massive central star, 1 Ori C1 (Theta-1 Orionis C1), gradually strips material from these disks, giving them shapes that resemble tadpoles. The disks are losing mass so rapidly that, given the age of the stars (around 1 million years), they should have disappeared long ago. The large gas shell surrounding the central star poses another puzzle. The star sets the surrounding gas in motion, causing the shell to expand at around 13 kilometers per second (8 miles per second).