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Li, De-An; Zhao, Qin; Yang, Xiao-Qi; Li, Wan-Mei; Dai, Rui; Xiao, Yang; Yu, Bing – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2021
Previous studies on students' conceptions of learning science (COLS) have focused primarily on formal environments. In these studies, students' COLS were positively associated with their approaches to and outcomes for science learning. However, little research has been conducted to explore students' conceptions of learning science in informal…
Descriptors: Science Education, Informal Education, Educational Environment, Student Attitudes
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Chen, Yen-Chieh; Lu, Yu-Ling; Lien, Chi-Jui – Interactive Learning Environments, 2021
Students' engagement in a learning environment has been a crucial factor in evaluating the quality of learning and predicting their academic success. With technologies being more applied in science education for enhancing learning engagement, it is important to study how learning environments with different levels of technological engagement…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Game Based Learning, Video Technology, Conventional Instruction
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Phan Hoang, Thu Thao; Kato, Takaaki – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2021
Sustainable waste management is an urgent issue in developing countries. This study describes how lectures and group games influence knowledge in waste management of fourth-grade elementary students whose development stage is thought to be effective concerning positive attitude shifts. We employed a control-treatment design and two schools were…
Descriptors: Sanitation, Wastes, Recycling, Urban Areas
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Gnidovec, Tanja; Torkar, Gregor – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2019
The present research explores benefits of using young students' drawings in combination with written responses for gathering information about science concepts. Younger students are still very limited in their verbal expression and less biologically literate than older students. The aim was to determine primary school students' conceptions about…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Scientific Concepts
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Kostenius, Catrine; Bergmark, Ulrika – Health Education, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore Swedish children's positive experiences of health and well-being, and their thoughts on how health literacy can be promoted. Design/methodology/approach: Totally, 121 schoolchildren between the ages of 10 and 14 from three schools in two municipalities in the northern part of Sweden shared their…
Descriptors: Health Education, Well Being, Knowledge Level, Preadolescents
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Hinz, Arnold – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2017
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the school-based "My Body and I" program which was designed to help girls and boys to cope better with inevitable pubertal body changes. Method: Using a pre-post treatment-control design with 25 treatment and 17 control classes from schools in Germany and France (484 boys, 485 girls;…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Body Composition, Gender Differences, Preadolescents
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Tirri, Kirsi; Tallent-Runnels, Mary K.; Nokelainen, Petri – British Journal of Religious Education, 2005
This study investigated differences across four countries in the amount and nature of above-average ability and average-ability pre-adolescents' everyday life, scientific, moral, spiritual and religious questions. The participants (N = 975) of this study were fifth-and sixth-grade elementary school students from different schools in Finland (N =…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Preadolescents