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Camille Lozano Espino – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2024
The study examined the effectiveness of BEEP Cards (BioEnergetics Enhancement Play Cards) on students' conceptual understanding of bioenergetics. The study involved one group of grade 11 students (n=29) from a public secondary school in the Philippines. The study employed a mixed-method research design, utilizing both quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts, Instructional Effectiveness
Nainggolan, Vitri Anugrah; Situmorang, Risya Pramana; Hastuti, Susanti Pudji – Journal of Biological Education Indonesia (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), 2021
Regarding 21st-century learning, scientific literacy is an important competency which must be owned by students. Nevertheless, scientific literacy of Indonesian students has been recognized in low level. This study aimed to describe students' scientific literacy in Bryophyta topic using problem-based learning. This Classroom Action Research (CAR)…
Descriptors: Plants (Botany), Scientific Literacy, Science Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Lechelle D. Crisolo – Online Submission, 2022
Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to determine the effects of FUN Pamphlet in the academic performance of G12 TVL-HE students as a tool to mitigate academic procrastination. Design/Method/Approach: It is a quantitative in nature and employing quasi-experimental type of research. The gathered data was analyzed and interpreted using tables…
Descriptors: Grade 12, High School Students, Academic Achievement, Study Habits
Kathryn Elizabeth Luby – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Strategies mathematics teachers use can unintentionally have an adverse impact on student anxiety in the classroom. The purpose of the Action Research study was to investigate and strengthen strategies that mathematics teachers use to reduce student anxiety. Participants and data collected in Cycle 1 consisted of interviews and a focus group with…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Difficulty Level, Logical Thinking, Secondary School Mathematics
Kumas, Ahmet – Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 2021
Although advanced technological tools and equipment are used effectively in daily life, the inability of all students to access high-tech experiment applications in high schools negatively affects disadvantaged student groups in the further education process. The main purpose of the research evaluates students in four different categories about…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Grade 10
Laksmi, Monika Lintang; Sari, Dewi Puspita; Rinanto, Yudi; Sapartini, Raden Rara – Journal of Learning for Development, 2021
This research aimed to describe and find out whether implementation of Problem-Based Learning can improve scientific explanation skills in biology learning about the environment. The research method was Classroom Action Research through the implementation of Problem-Based Learning. This classroom action research consisted of two cycles, which were…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Science Instruction, Essay Tests, Teaching Methods
Morrison, Anna H. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation focuses on the development and implementation of an action research study that seeks to determine the impact of integrating literacy strategies in the biology classroom on standardized test scores. The teacher-researcher identified the problem of practice in her classroom after four years of observation of ninth-grade biology…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Action Research, Grade 9
Husnawadi – Teaching English with Technology, 2021
Despite its positive impact on students' learning and learning outcomes, studies documenting empirical evidence on how Flipped Classroom anchored in technology-mediated task can facilitate and promote students' learning in post-Earthquake EFL writing pedagogy context remain scarce. To fill this void, this action research, documenting both…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Flipped Classroom, Natural Disasters
Kruawong, Thana; Soontornwipast, Kittitouch – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
Vocabulary plays an important role in the Content-Based classroom, making EFL Students' science vocabulary knowledge critical to their content understanding. The purpose of this action research was to enhance students' science vocabulary knowledge of 9th grade students through science vocabulary crossword puzzle (SVCP) practices. The research…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Balan, Hazel R. – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
Genetics is considered as one of the topics in science that students have difficulty and trouble in understanding. This study used study guide as an intervention tool to address the difficulties of students in learning genetics concepts. The main purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of students on the effectiveness of study guide…
Descriptors: Study Guides, Genetics, Science Instruction, Learning Motivation
Lazarus, Sean F. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this action research study was to explore the impact instructional choices had on student participation in the classroom learning environment, growth of knowledge in social studies, and self-efficacy in the learning process. The instructional choices implemented through a flipped learning instructional approach were designed to…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Social Studies, Educational Environment, High School Seniors
DeMichele, Mary – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2015
This article explores how short form/comedic improvisational theater impacts the development of writing fluency. Students in all disciplines need to be able to purposefully write, however by the time students reach high school many have already given up trying to express even their own thoughts in free writing. Two quasi-experimental action…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills, Theater Arts
Stone, Elisa M. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
New approaches for teaching and assessing scientific inquiry and practices are essential for guiding students to make the informed decisions required of an increasingly complex and global society. The Science Skills approach described here guides students to develop an understanding of the experimental skills required to perform a scientific…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Process Skills, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science
Legutko, Robert S. – Online Submission, 2015
This study is an action research study conducted at one rural northeastern Pennsylvania junior/senior high school to gain secondary education subject-area teacher's perspectives on educating students with special needs in a co-teaching environment. A written open-ended questionnaire was issued to relevant faculty members which determined that…
Descriptors: Action Research, Rural Schools, Junior High Schools, High Schools
Peleaux, Jeffery; Endacot, Jason – Networks: An Online Journal for Teacher Research, 2013
This quantitative, action research study sought to explore the effects of introducing the ReQuest reading comprehension technique to students who are accustomed to using a world history textbook and the initiate-respond-evaluate questioning pattern to acquire basic historical information. Data collected from a series of paired sample quiz scores…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reciprocal Teaching, Reading Strategies