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Middle School Student Attitudes toward Science, and Their Relationships with Instructional Practices: A Survey of Chinese Students' Preferred versus Actual Instruction
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Fulmer, Gavin W.; Ma, Hongjia; Liang, Ling L. – Asia-Pacific Science Education, 2019
This study explored relationships between students' attitudes toward science and their preferred versus actual experience of cooperative, constructivist-oriented, or direct instruction. The sample consisted of 1334 Chinese middle school students in physics and chemistry classrooms. Results showed that students report experiencing more direct…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Improving Chinese Junior High School Students' Ability to Ask Critical Questions
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Huang, Xiao; Lederman, Norman G.; Cai, Chaojing – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017
The present study explores ways to enhance students' question-asking ability (i.e., the ability to ask critical questions), which is the premise of scientific inquiry and a precondition for effective science teaching. A survey of junior high school students in Zhejiang province in China showed that students' questioning behavior was not well…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Questioning Techniques, Student Improvement