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Yagmur Çerkez; Nedret Türksoy Alkim; Yasemin Sorakin – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2024
This qualitative research aimed to explore high school students' opinions on the effectiveness of using the mind map method asa note-taking, thinking, and learning tool. The study involved 80 students from 9th, 11th, and 12th grades who were introducedto the mind map method and asked to apply it in their lessons. The results showed that the…
Descriptors: Notetaking, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Concept Mapping
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Plummer, Julia D.; Palma, Christopher; Flarend, Alice; Rubin, KeriAnn; Ong, Yann Shiou; Botzer, Brandon; McDonald, Scott; Furman, Tanya – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This study describes the process of defining a hypothetical learning progression (LP) for astronomy around the big idea of "Solar System formation." At the most sophisticated level, students can explain how the formation process led to the current Solar System by considering how the planets formed from the collapse of a rotating cloud of…
Descriptors: Science Education, Astronomy, Student Attitudes, Interviews
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Mthethwa-Kunene, Eunice; Onwu, Gilbert Oke; de Villiers, Rian – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
This study explored the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and its development of four experienced biology teachers in the context of teaching school genetics. PCK was defined in terms of teacher content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and knowledge of students' preconceptions and learning difficulties. Data sources of teacher knowledge base…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Biology, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Genetics
Dare, Lynn; Nowicki, Elizabeth – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2015
Research shows that carefully planned acceleration offers academic benefits with little social or emotional risk to high-ability learners. However, acceleration is underutilized and little is known about students' motivations to accelerate. In this study, 21 high-ability high school students in Grades 11 and 12 took part in a structured…
Descriptors: Gifted, High Achievement, High School Students, Grade 11
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Rush, Craig; Harrison, Patti – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2008
There are few studies that have directly examined teachers' perceptions of children with ADHD, particularly children in the adolescent age range. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions of general-education ninth through twelfth grade teachers regarding working with adolescent students with ADHD. Sorted responses from a sample of…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Adolescents, Secondary School Teachers, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Haystead, Mark W. – Marzano Research Laboratory, 2009
This report describes the findings of an analysis of a series of action research projects conducted by Vigo County School Corporation at Terre Haute South Vigo High School (hereinafter referred to as South Vigo). During the 2008-2009 school year, 19 teachers at South Vigo participated in independent action research studies regarding the extent to…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Action Research, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement