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Download full textSalazar R., Emanuel; Obaya V., Adolfo Eduardo; Giammatteo, Lucila; Vargas-Rodríguez, Yolanda – Online Submission, 2019
The didactic sequence relates atomic structure concepts (matter structure) with the different models that have been proposed to improve its study, making use of didactic elements that are related to students' reality where they become responsible of constructing knowledge by means of significant learning. Results were analyzed with Hake's gain…
Descriptors: Models, High School Students, Constructivism (Learning), Chemistry
Dame, Kristina K.; Westerlund, Julie F. – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2015
The purpose of this three-year study was to examine secondary school students' attitudes about science in classrooms with "resident scientists" who had been trained in inquiry science teaching. The study was based upon a National Science Foundation (NSF) program called Project Flowing Waters, a five-year NSF Graduate STEM Fellows in K-12…
Descriptors: Scientists, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students
Sunassee, Suthananda N.; Young, Ryan M.; Sewry, Joyce D.; Harrison, Timothy G.; Shallcross, Dudley E. – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2012
In accordance with the requirements for the National Curriculum Statement for both Life sciences and Physical sciences and the importance of community engagement in Higher Education in South Africa, this paper described the use of the lecture-demonstration "A Pollutant's Tale" to create climate change awareness amongst school learners.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Environmental Education, Consciousness Raising
Zain, Ahmad Nurulazam Md – European Journal of Physics Education, 2010
The research examined the effect of a teaching strategy emphasizing on instructional congruence on students' interests towards learning science. This study was conducted in three "low performing" secondary schools in Penang, Malaysia. There were 214 students involved in this study. A questionnaire was utilized to collect data on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Interests
Skurnik, Larry S.; Jeffs, Patricia M. – 1970
This document consists of two parts: (1) a copy of a Science Attitude questionnaire developed in Britain for use with secondary school students, and (2) a manual describing administration and interpretation of the questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of 58 five-choice, Likert-type items, and takes 45 minutes to administer. The items form five…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Learning Activities, Questionnaires, Science Education
Peer reviewedGermann, Paul J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1988
This study reports on the development and validation of the Attitude toward Science in School Assessment (ATSSA). Reports a low correlation between attitude and achievement tests while a moderate correlation between attitude and course grade. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Attitudes, Questionnaires
Peer reviewedFrancis, Leslie J.; Greer, John E. – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1999
Describes the development of a new measure of attitude towards science for use among secondary school pupils which operationalizes the affective attitudinal domain. Scale norms demonstrate that males record a more positive attitude towards science than females, and that younger pupils record a more positive attitude than older pupils. (Contains 78…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Interest Inventories
Showers, Dennis Edward – 1987
This publication consists of a nuclear energy assessment battery for secondary level students. The test contains 44 multiple choice items and is organized into four major sections. Parts include: (1) a knowledge scale; (2) attitudes toward nuclear energy; (3) a behaviors and intentions scale; and (4) an anxiety scale. Directions are provided for…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Nuclear Energy
Peer reviewedGardner, Paul L.; Tamir, Pinchas – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1989
Discusses instruments for measuring interest in biology: "Interest in Science Topics"; "Learning Mode Preference"; "Interest in Scientific Activities"; "Activities Motives Inventory"; "Interest in Social Aspects of Science"; "Career Orientation Inventory"; and "Attitude toward Biology Study." Concludes that interest in biology may be…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Biology, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
A Study of Cognitive Skills and Other Related Factors in Science Education. Research Project Report.
Takemura, Shigekazu – 1989
The purpose of this project was to find and make clarifications about the uniqueness and similarities on various aspects of science education programs in Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United States, and the Philippines that could provide the basic considerations on curriculum development. Included are: (1) an introduction to the research; (2)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Education
