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Understanding the Development of Mathematical Work in the Context of the Classroom
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Kuzniak, Alain; Nechache, Assia; Drouhard, J. P. – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2016
According to our approach to mathematics education, the optimal aim of the teaching of mathematics is to assist students in achieving efficient mathematical work. But, what does efficient exactly mean in that case? And how can teachers reach this objective? The model of Mathematical Working Spaces with its three dimensions--semiotic, instrumental,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Teaching Methods, Grade 9, Grade 10
The Relationship between Students' Perception of the Scientific Models and Their Alternative Conceptions of the Lunar Phases
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Park, Su-Kyeong – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2013
The aim of this study was to reveal whether there were differences in the understanding of scientific models according to their conceptions of lunar phases. The participants were 252 10th grader in South Korea. They were asked to respond SUMS (Students Understanding of Models in Science) instrument and to draw and explain why the different lunar…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 10, Astronomy
Bifurcation and Hysteresis Effects in Student Performance: The Signature of Complexity and Chaos in Educational Research
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Stamovlasis, Dimitrios – Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education, 2014
This paper addresses some methodological issues concerning traditional linear approaches and shows the need for a paradigm shift in education research towards the Complexity and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems (NDS) framework. It presents a quantitative piece of research aiming to test the nonlinear dynamical hypothesis in education. It applies…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Systems Approach, Statistical Analysis, Science Achievement
Mexican Origin Students in the Borderlands: The Construction of Social Identity in the School Context
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Villarreal Sosa, Leticia – ProQuest LLC, 2011
There has been continued concern over the continued high dropout rate among Mexican origin youth. The purpose of this study is to understand how everyday experiences in school shape the content and meaning of Mexican origin students' social identities and how those social identities influence their academic trajectories over the transition to…
Descriptors: Mexicans, Foreign Students, Racial Identification, High School Students
Facilitating Conceptual Change in Understanding State of Matter and Solubility Concepts by Using 5E Learning Cycle Model
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Ceylan, Eren; Geban, Omer – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2009
The main purpose of the study was to compare the effectiveness of 5E learning cycle model based instruction and traditionally designed chemistry instruction on 10th grade students' understanding of state of matter and solubility concepts. In this study, 119 tenth grade students from chemistry courses instructed by same teacher from an Anatolian…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Chemistry, Learning Processes
Student Views Concerning Evidence and the Expert in Reasoning a Socio-Scientific Issue and Personal Epistemology
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Yang, Fang-Ying – Educational Studies, 2005
This study investigated their views concerning evidence and expert opinion of 10th-grade students, accessed by an open-ended questionnaire in the context of a socio-scientific issue: the cause of flood disasters, and personal epistemology identified by the "Learning Environment Preference Questionnaire" (LEP). Students' responses to the open-ended…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Statistical Analysis, Epistemology, Student Attitudes