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Ibanez-Orcajo, M. Teresa; Martinez-Aznar, M. Mercedes – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
Numerous investigations show that most school science teaching, in Spain and elsewhere, implicitly transmits an inductivist and very stereotyped view of science and conveys an unrealistic image of scientific work. We present some results of an investigation with fourth-level Spanish secondary education students (15 year olds) who were taught…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Investigations, Experimental Groups
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Cambra-Fierro, Jesus; Cambra-Berdun, Jesus – Education & Training, 2007
Purpose: This paper aims to demonstrate that students' self-evaluations contribute to improving academic results and life skills. Design/methodology/approach: Taking as reference a group of previously validated scales (part 1: measurement), a causal model is developed. Hypotheses are tested through the structural equations methodology by using the…
Descriptors: Methods, Causal Models, Administrator Role, Academic Achievement