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Haagen-Schützenhöfer, Claudia; Kopper, Manuela – Online Submission, 2019
Physics as a school subject is in general very unpopular. This fact is especially true for the situation in Austria. PISA results show that motivation, interest and self-efficacy of Austrian highschool students are significantly lower than the OECD average. In addition, a significant gender-gap in disadvantage for girls was shown. In general, one…
Descriptors: Lighting, Optics, Science Instruction, Science and Society
Zervas, Panagiotis; Sotiriou, Sofoklis; Tiemann, Rüdiger; Sampson, Demetrios G. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2015
Nowadays, there is a consensus that inquiry-based learning contributes to developing students' scientific literacy in schools. Inquiry-based teaching strategies are promoted for the development (among others) of the cognitive processes that cultivate problem solving (PS) competence. The build up of PS competence is a central objective for most…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Science Instruction, Problem Solving