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Out-of-School Experience Categories Influencing Interest in Biology of Secondary School Students by Gender: Exploration on an Abu Dhabi Sample
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Badri, Masood; Yang, Guang; Al Mazroui, Karima; Mohaidat, Jihad; Al Rashedi, Asma; Al Housani, Najwa – Journal of Biological Education, 2017
This study employed the international Relevance of Science Education questionnaire to survey the interest in biology and the out-of-school experiences of Abu Dhabi secondary school students (median age 17, mean age 17.53 and mode age of 16) in the third semester of 2014. It included 3100 participants. An exploratory factor analysis was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Secondary School Students, Gender Differences
The Relationships among Adult Affective Factors, Engagement in Science, and Scientific Competencies
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Tsai, Chun-Yen; Li, Yuh-Yuh; Cheng, Ying-Yao – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2017
This study investigated the relationship among adult affective factors, engagement in science, and scientific competencies. Probability proportional to size sampling was used to select 504 participants between the ages of 18 and 70 years. Data were collected through individual face-to-face interviews. The results of hierarchical regression…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Interviews, Regression (Statistics)
Examination of Factors Predicting Secondary Students' Interest in Tertiary STEM Education
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Chachashvili-Bolotin, Svetlana; Milner-Bolotin, Marina; Lissitsa, Sabina – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
Based on the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), the study aims to investigate factors that predict students' interest in pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in tertiary education both in general and in relation to their gender and socio-economic background. The results of the analysis of survey responses of…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Interests, STEM Education, Postsecondary Education
How Do Engineering Attitudes Vary by Gender and Motivation? Attractiveness of Outreach Science Exhibitions in Four Countries
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Salmi, Hannu; Thuneberg, Helena; Vainikainen, Mari-Pauliina – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Outreach activities, like mobile science exhibitions, give opportunities to hands-on experiences in an attractive learning environment. We analysed attitudes, motivation and learning during a science exhibition visit, their relations to gender and future educational plans in Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Belgium (N = 1210 sixth-graders). Pupils'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Attitudes, Gender Differences, Outreach Programs
Profiles of Students' Interest in Science Issues around the World: Analysis of Data from PISA 2006
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Olsen, Rolf Vegar; Lie, Svein – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
The Programme for International Student Assessment in 2006 included several measures of students' interest in science. These measures were constructed by combining information from several items where students are asked to respond to statements along Likert scale categories. Since there is evidence for Likert scales providing culturally biased…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Student Attitudes, Science Interests, Likert Scales
Slovakian Students' Attitudes toward Biology
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Prokop, Pavol; Tuncer, Gaye; Chudá, Júlia – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2007
Students' attitudes toward science significantly alter their achievement in science. Therefore, identification and influence of attitudes became to be an essential part of educational research. This study has been initiated by the idea that; research in students' attitudes toward science often involves science in general, but particular…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Biology, Science Achievement, Attitude Measures