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Di Zhang; Lan Yang; Zi Yan; John Chi Kin Lee; Keith Chan – Educational Psychology, 2025
This study explored the mediating roles of interest in broad science topics (IBST) on the effects of students' perceptions of teachers' formative assessment on science achievement, using data from PISA 2015. We focused on 9,841 15-year-old students from Mainland (B-S-J-G) China. The results revealed that: (1) a classical suppression effect, where…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Science Interests, Science Achievement, Secondary School Students
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Feng Xiong; Youyan Nie; Ai Noi Lee; Gregory Arief D. Liem; Barry Bai – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
This study examined how science epistemological beliefs and motivations (i.e., self-efficacy, enjoyment, interest, and instrumental motivation) were related to science performance in the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Mainland China samples, using the data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2015. The results showed…
Descriptors: Scientific Attitudes, Epistemology, Beliefs, Learning Motivation
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Long, Haiying; Gao, Su; Yang, Luxi; Chen, Jin – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
This study focuses on the effectiveness of two types of teaching practices (i.e., inquiry-based and teacher-directed) on students' science achievement, an ongoing contentious issue in science education. It examined the direct and indirect effects of the two types of teaching practices, enjoyment of science, and students' science achievement with…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Science Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Science Interests
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Janica Vinni-Laakso; Lauri Hietajärvi; Kalle Juuti; Anni Loukomies; Katariina Salmela-Aro – Educational Psychology, 2025
According to the situated expectancy-value model, students' motivational beliefs interact and are influenced by situations. This study examined how within-person fluctuations in science-related self-concept, intrinsic value, and cost are associated over time among Helsinki elementary students (N = 538, ages 7-12). The random intercept cross-lagged…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Elementary School Students, Longitudinal Studies
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Dohn, Niels B. – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
It has repeatedly been documented that there are cross-sectional gender differences in adolescents' science interest, and these differences are often considered the main factor behind the gap in enrolment rates in higher education STEM programmes. Based on expectancy-value theory and interest theory, this study models interest and tests how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Interests, Science Interests, Adolescent Attitudes
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Liu, Yimeng; Wang, Jian – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
The relationship between inquiry-based learning and science self-efficacy was analysed using data from 57 countries and economics participating in the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). This analysis generated a mediating--moderating model, which involved the mediating role of science interest and the moderating role of…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students
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Ustun, Ulas; Cansiz, Mustafa; Ozdemir, Ertugrul; Cansiz, Nurcan – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
Finland and Singapore are both top-performing countries in international assessments such as PISA. Finland has been consistently one of the high-achievers regarding not only students' literacy levels but also educational equity. Similarly, Singapore has continuously shown outstanding performance in PISA. It outperformed all the other participants…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Cross Cultural Studies, Student Interests, Science Interests