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Songhee Han; Min Liu; Ying Cai; Peixia Shao – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2025
The effectiveness of science problem-based learning (PBL) is highly dependent on individual students' variability. Researchers have shown the need for cognition (NFC) and motivation are significant factors. Despite the acknowledged impact of these constructs, there is a gap in understanding the relationships among NFC, motivation, and learning…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Science Instruction, Middle School Students, Student Motivation
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Yeo, Jennifer; Tan, Seng Chee – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2014
The introduction of problem-based learning into K-12 science classrooms faces the challenge of achieving the dual goal of learning science content and developing problem-solving skills. To overcome this content-process tension in science classrooms, we employed the knowledge-creation approach as a boundary object between the two seemingly…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, High School Students
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Kaberman, Zvia; Dori, Yehudit Judy – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2009
Posing questions about an article might improve one's knowledge--a cognitive function, or monitor one's thought processes--a metacognitive function. This study focuses on guided question posing while using a metacognitive strategy by 12th grade honors chemistry students. We investigated the ways by which the metacognitive strategy affected…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Difficulty Level, Chemistry, Laboratories