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Development and Validation of an Instrument to Monitor the Implementation of Outcomes-Based Learning Environments in Science Classrooms in South Africa
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Aldridge, Jill M.; Laugksch, Rudiger C.; Seopa, Mampone A.; Fraser, Barry J. – International Journal of Science Education, 2006
This article describes the development and validation of an instrument that can be used to assess students' perceptions of their learning environment as a means of monitoring and guiding changes towards outcomes-based education. In the first phase, data collected from 2638 Grade 8 science students from 50 classes in 50 schools in the Limpopo…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Educational Environment, Student Attitudes
Assessment and Investigation of Constructivist Science Learning Environments in Korea.
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Kim, Heui-Baik; Fisher, Darrell L.; Fraser, Barry J. – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1999
Investigates the extent to which a new general science curriculum reflecting a constructivist view has influenced the science classroom learning environment in Korea. Results from a validated Korean Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES) indicate that grade 10 students perceived a more constructivist learning environment than grade 11…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Development of an Instrument To Monitor the Success of Outcomes-Based Learning Environments in Science Classrooms in South Africa.
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Seopa, Mampone A.; Laugksch, Rudiger C.; Aldridge, Jill M.; Fraser, Barry J. – 2003
As part of an effort to monitor the transformation of classrooms within Limpopo Province, South Africa, an instrument was developed to assess students perceptions of their learning environments. The developed questionnaire, the Outcomes-Based Learning Environment Questionnaire (OBLEQ), was designed to measure the impact of the Curriculum 2005…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Evaluation Methods, Factor Structure
Learning Environments in Information and Communications Technology Classrooms
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Zandvliet, David B.; Fraser, Barry J. – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2004
The study of learning environments provides a useful research framework for investigating the effects of educational innovations such as those which are associated with the use of the Internet in classroom settings. This study reports an investigation into the use of Internet technologies in high-school classrooms in Australia and Canada.…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology