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Octaviano Hartanto; Deana Wahyuningrum – Journal of Chemical Education, 2026
Students' understanding of organic, inorganic, physical, and analytical chemistry is relatively weak, making it challenging for them to apply these concepts in real-life situations. Developing these comprehension and processing skills is essential for achieving the learning objectives in high school chemistry (Phases E-F) in Indonesia. This study…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Learning Modules, Material Development, High School Students
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Pasinee Meepat; Thanya Kadroon; Anchalee Sangarwut – Higher Education Studies, 2024
This study aimed to: 1) assess the impact of a STEAM education learning package on grade 10 students' science process skills, 2) evaluate its effect on their learning achievement concerning the physical properties of materials, and 3) gauge the students' satisfaction with the learning package. The participants were 13 grade 10 students from a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills, Science Achievement
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Kanok-on Khampui; Kwanyuen Leamsamrong; Woottipong Rarat; Rattikan Sarnkong – Higher Education Studies, 2025
The purposes of this study were: To examine the effects of low-cost mini science experiment kits on Thai 6th graders' science learning achievement; To investigate how these kits impact Thai 6th graders' Science process skills; To explore their influence on Thai 6th graders' scientific mindset The participants were 111 sixth-grade students from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers
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Ülger, Bestami Bugra; Çepni, Salih – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2020
The concept of "Global citizenship", which has become more and more important, based on the students' multi-focused individual development, has brought to the fore based on 21st century skills and has required appropriate educational environments for gifted students. In this context, the development of differentiated inquiry-based…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Instruction, Individualized Instruction
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Yasin, Ruhizan Mohammad; Amin, Latifah; Hin, Kok Kean – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2018
Purpose: This study developed an interdisciplinary STEM module called the 'Malaysian-Biotechnology-STEM' (MBS) based on the proposed conceptual framework. In addition, this study demonstrated an interdisciplinary approach to teach biotechnology. Method: A two-week pilot test was conducted in Perak, Malaysia. The student questionnaire and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biotechnology, STEM Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Serevina, Vina; Sunaryo; Raihanati; Astra, I. Made; Sari, Inayati Juwita – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2018
The purpose of the developing research of a Problem Based Learning (PBL) e-module is to improve student's science process skills. This research method used research and development (R&D) with a 4D model (Define, Design, Development, and Disseminate). This product was made by using I-Spring Suite 8.0 application. This product was tested on 210…
Descriptors: Learning Modules, Problem Based Learning, Heat, Science Instruction
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Hsu, Ying-Shao; Fang, Su-Chi; Zhang, Wen-Xin; Hsin-Kai, Wu; Wu, Pai-Hsing; Hwang, Fu-Kwun – Educational Technology & Society, 2016
The two-year study aimed to explore how students' development of different inquiry abilities actually benefited from the design of technology-infused learning modules. Three learning modules on the topics of seasons, environmental issues and air pollution were developed to facilitate students' inquiry abilities: questioning, planning, analyzing,…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Technology Uses in Education, Learning Modules, Science Instruction
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Korsager, Majken; Slotta, James D. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2015
Climate change is not local; it is global. This means that many environmental issues related to climate change are not geographically limited and hence concern humans in more than one location. There is a growing body of research indicating that today's increased climate change is caused by human activities and our modern lifestyle. Consequently,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Environmental Education, Science Education
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Gaudiello, Ilaria; Zibetti, Elisabetta – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2013
The educational potential of robotics kits as a form of control technology will remain undervalued until meaningful observation parameters are identified to enable a better understanding of children?s control strategies. For this reason, this paper aims primarily to identify and classify the heuristics spontaneously applied by 6-10 year old…
Descriptors: Robotics, Learning Modules, Educational Opportunities, Heuristics
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Samsudin, Mohd Wahid; Daik, Rusli; Abas, Azlan; Meerah, T. Subahan Mohd; Halim, Lilia – International Education Studies, 2013
In this study, the learning of science outside the classroom is believe to be an added value to science learning as well as it offers students to interact with the environment. This study presents data obtained from two days' workshop on Lichen as Biological Indicator for Air Quality. The aim of the workshop is for the students to gain an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science
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Brewer, Sharon E.; Cinel, Bruno; Harrison, Michelle; Mohr, Christina L. – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2013
In delivering chemistry courses by distance, a key challenge is to offer the learner an authentic and meaningful laboratory experience that still provides the rigour required to continue on in science. To satisfy this need, two distance general chemistry laboratory courses appropriate for Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) students, including chemistry…
Descriptors: Distance Education, College Freshmen, Laboratory Training, Chemistry
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Glaesser, Judith; Gott, Richard; Roberts, Ros; Cooper, Barry – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2009
Both substantive (i.e. factual knowledge, concepts, laws and theories) and procedural knowledge (understanding and applying concepts such as reliability and validity, measurement and calibration, data collection, measurement error, the ability to interpret evidence and the like) are involved in carrying out an open-ended science investigation.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Investigations, Student Attitudes, Comparative Analysis
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Vaino, Katrin – Science Education International, 2009
The main goal of the study was to describe and understand the development of beliefs related to the thinking and decision-making made by five teachers in teaching chemistry during a two-year intervention study. The participating teachers implemented and, in the second year of the study, developed teaching modules which were geared to the promotion…
Descriptors: Teaching Styles, Intervention, Chemistry, Technological Literacy