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Ruying Li; Gaofeng Li – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023
Exploring students' systems thinking (ST) is essential in enhancing science learning, but existing studies have failed to understand students' ST fully as it relates to ecological issues. This study aimed to fill the aforementioned literature gap by exploring lower-secondary school students' ST regarding ecological issues. The Systems Thinking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 7, Grade 8
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Zhao, Jiehui; Bodovski, Katerina – Frontiers of Education in China, 2020
Extensive research has suggested that there is a large rural-urban student achievement gap in China. However, less is known about the effects of family background and parental expectations on student achievement. Using a large representative sample of Chinese eighth graders, this study examines these relationships. We find that: (1) Rather than a…
Descriptors: Family Characteristics, Parent Attitudes, Expectation, Grade 8
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Ma, Xin; Yuan, Jing; Luo, Xingkai – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2016
Using data from the 2011 (Chinese) Student Academic Achievement Evaluation, we examined whether within-school socioeconomic gaps in science achievement exist across science subjects, how consistent they are, and whether there are relationships between school average science achievement and within-school socioeconomic gaps in science achievement.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Achievement