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Bahrami, Samira; Mohammadi, Yawar – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2021
The extent to which people understand the role of energy in everyday life is called energy literacy. The purpose of this study is to investigate the levels of energy literacy among 393 Iranian 9th-grade students using the 'Energy Literacy Questionnaire' (ELQ) and study the effective factors on their energy literacy. The Mann-Whitney U test,…
Descriptors: Energy, Literacy, Science Instruction, Knowledge Level
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Karaarslan Semiz, Güliz; Çakir Yildirim, Birgül – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2018
The ecological footprint concept is important in order to evaluate the human impact on the environment and propose sustainable solutions in our life. By calculating ecological footprint, people could analyze the impact of their lifestyle on the natural environment. The purpose of this study is to share an ecological footprint education module for…
Descriptors: High School Students, Foreign Countries, Scientific Concepts, Secondary School Science
Herrmann-Abell, Cari F.; DeBoer, George E. – Grantee Submission, 2018
This study tests a hypothesized learning progression for the concept of energy. It looks at 14 specific ideas under the categories of (i) Energy Forms and Transformations; (ii) Energy Transfer; (iii) Energy Dissipation and Degradation; and (iv) Energy Conservation. It then examines students' growth of understanding within each of these ideas at…
Descriptors: Energy, Science Instruction, Concept Formation, Energy Conservation
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Özbas, Serap – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
This research, which was tried with 217 high school students, was carried out to determine the perceptions and attitudes related to the usage of bioenergy. The research results showed that the students had the perception that there would be lack of food due to global warming, but bioenergy would prevent the world from global warming. Moreover,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes