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Lederman, Judith; Lederman, Norman; Bartels, Selina; Jimenez, Juan; Akubo, Mark; Aly, Shereen; Bao, Chengcheng; Blanquet, Estelle; Blonder, Ron; Bologna Soares de Andrade, Mariana; Buntting, Catherine; Cakir, Mustafa; EL-Deghaidy, Heba; ElZorkani, Ahmed; Gaigher, Estelle; Guo, Shuchen; Hakanen, Arvi; Hamed Al-Lal, Soraya; Han-Tosunoglu, Cigdem; Hattingh, Annemarie; Hume, Anne; Irez, Serhat; Kay, Gillian; Kivilcan Dogan, Ozgur; Kremer, Kerstin; Kuo, Pi-Chu; Lavonen, Jari; Lin, Shu-Fen; Liu, Cheng; Liu, Enshan; Liu, Shiang-Yao; Lv, Bin; Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel; McDonald, Christine; Neumann, Irene; Pan, Yaozhen; Picholle, Eric; Rivero García, Ana; Rundgren, Carl-Johan; Santibáñez-Gómez, David; Saunders, Kathy; Schwartz, Renee; Voitle, Frauke; von Gyllenpalm, Jakob; Wei, Fangbing; Wishart, Jocelyn; Wu, Zhifeng; Xiao, Huang; Yalaki, Yalcin; Zhou, Qiaoxue – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Although understandings of scientific inquiry (as opposed to conducting inquiry) are included in science education reform documents around the world, little is known about what students have learned about inquiry during their elementary school years. This is partially due to the lack of any assessment instrument to measure understandings about…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Middle School Students, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Mariyam Abdulhadi; Fred Awaah; Deborah Agbanimu; Emmanuel Okyere Ekwam; Emmanuella Sefiamor Heloo – Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, 2024
Purpose: The lecture method has been compared with teaching methods such as flip learning, cooperative learning and simulations to establish which holds the key to students' understanding of concepts. What is bereft in the education literature is its comparative efficiency with the culturo-techno contextual approach (CTCA) in the teaching of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Computer Science Education, Cultural Context
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Samba, Regina Marita Onabid; Achor, Emmanuel Edoja; Bash, Asabe Edward; Iortim, Stella O. – Science Education International, 2020
The study investigated the effects of graphic organizer (GO) and experiential learning (EL) with feedback on the mean achievement and students' critical thinking in Jos North Local Government Area of the Plateau State of Nigeria. A pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design was used. A sample of 75 students was drawn from the population of 1950…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Teaching Methods, Instructional Materials, Critical Thinking
Mokiwa, Hamza Omari; Agbenyeku, Elizabeth Umoh – Online Submission, 2019
The study investigates the impact of activity-based teaching strategy on gifted students' academic performance. Quantitative methods using a quasi-experimental design were used on a random sample of 330 gifted students selected from 11 junior secondary schools from Katsina Metropolis, Nigeria. A 60 items Basic Science Achievement Test (BSAT) with…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Teaching Methods, Academically Gifted, Academic Achievement
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Nwafor, C. E.; Umoke, C. C. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study was designed to evaluate the content adequacy and readability of approved basic science and technology textbooks in use in junior secondary schools in Nigeria. Eight research questions guided the study. The sample of the study consisted of six (6) approved basic science and technology textbooks, 30 Junior Secondary Schools randomly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Publishing, Textbooks, Science Instruction
Pepple, Tamunosisi Furo; Ogologo, Gift A. – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2017
This study investigated how the Niger Delta crisis affected students' access to educational resources, attitude to schooling, and academic achievement in basic science. An ex post facto design was used for the study. Participants included 400 students and 16 principals from 16 secondary schools drawn from four local government areas of Rivers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Educational Attitudes, Science Achievement
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Mohammed, Babagana; Ahmed Emigilati, Mohammed; Ishiaku, Ibrahim – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study investigates the preconceptions of junior secondary school students in Niger State on scientific ideas. The sample was made up of three hundred and sixty (360) junior secondary school students (JSSS I) who were randomly selected from twelve secondary schools. Four schools in each three educational zones with thirty (30) students from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Misconceptions, Scientific Attitudes
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Nwafor, Chika E.; Obodo, Abigail Chikaodinaka; Okafor, Gabriel – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study explored the effect of self-regulated learning approach on junior secondary school students' achievement in basic science. Quasi-experimental design was used for the study.Two co-educational schools were drawn for the study through simple random sampling technique. One school was assigned to the treatment group while the other was…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Science Achievement, Junior High School Students, Quasiexperimental Design
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Fasasi, Rasheed Adekunle – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This study investigated the effect of Ethnoscience instruction and moderating effects of school location and parental educational status on students' attitude to science. It employed pretest-posttest, non-equivalent control group quasiexperimental design. Participants were 352 Junior Secondary School 1 (aged 9-12 years) students from two schools,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Effect Size, Statistical Analysis, Parent Background
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2019
For the forty-second time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes. Volume 1 contains papers dealing…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods