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Jane Batamuliza; Gonzague Habinshuti; Jean Baptiste Nkurunziza – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2024
This current study presents the effects of interactive computer simulations on students' performance and concept retention in the unit of chemical reactions. Purposive sampling was used to select four schools with a sample population of 320. The Achievement test on chemical reactions was developed, validated, and checked for reliability. The…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
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Purwanto; Hidayah, Niswatul; Wagistina, Satti – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2023
Learning geography in Indonesia philosophically aims to develop spatial literacy. Students must improve spatial literacy to form reasoning skills and apply spatial concepts in real life. Applying Gersmehl's spatial learning can improve students' spatial literacy through syntax arranged based on spatial aspects. The use of google earth helps…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Natural Disasters, Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Taylor, Robin T.; Bishop, Pamela R.; Lenhart, Suzanne; Gross, Louis J.; Sturner, Kelly – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
We describe the development and initial validity assessment of the 20-item BioCalculus Assessment (BCA), with the objective of comparing undergraduate life science students' understanding of calculus concepts in different courses with alternative emphases (with and without focus on biological applications). The development process of the BCA…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Mathematics Tests, Calculus, Test Validity
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Tas, Erol; Gülen, Salih; Öner, Zeynep; Özyürek, Cengiz – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2015
The purpose of this study is to research the effects of traditional and web-assisted conceptual change texts for the subject of water chemistry on the success, conceptual errors and permanent learning of students. A total of 37 8th graders in a secondary school of Samsun participated in this study which had a random experimental design with…
Descriptors: Water, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Grade 8
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Bawaneh, Ali Khalid Ali; Zain, Ahmad Nurulazam Md; Ghazali, Munirah – International Education Studies, 2010
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effectiveness of Conflict Maps and the V-Shape method as teaching methods in bringing about conceptual change in science among primary eighth-grade students in Jordan. A randomly selected sample (N = 63) from the Bani Kenana region North of Jordan was randomly assigned to the two teaching…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Concept Formation, Energy, Foreign Countries
Pollock, John F.; Brown, Garth H. – 1980
A study investigated ways of establishing links between different methods of reading instruction, children's conceptualizations of the reading process, and children's actual reading behavior. Two instruments were used to assess the relationships between the three variables: a revised version of "The Reading Miscue Inventory" and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Childhood Attitudes, Children
Benjamin, Ludy T., Jr., Ed. – APA Books, 2008
The most popular activities from APA's successful "Activities Handbooks for the Teaching of Psychology" are gathered together and updated in this book of teachers' favorites. The lesson plans, which encourage active learning and involve the whole class, have stood the test of time and proven themselves to be entertaining, effective, and easy to…
Descriptors: Psychology, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans