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Developing a Numerical Ability Test for Students of Education in Jordan: An Application of Item Response Theory
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Abed, Eman Rasmi; Al-Absi, Mohammad Mustafa; Abu shindi, Yousef Abdelqader – International Education Studies, 2016
The purpose of the present study is developing a test to measure the numerical ability for students of education. The sample of the study consisted of (504) students from 8 universities in Jordan. The final draft of the test contains 45 items distributed among 5 dimensions. The results revealed that acceptable psychometric properties of the test;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Response Theory, Numeracy, Reliability
The Effect of Using Socio-Scientific Issues Approach in Teaching Environmental Issues on Improving the Students' Ability of Making Appropriate Decisions towards These Issues
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Zo'bi, Abdallah Salim – International Education Studies, 2014
This study aimed to identify nature of students' decisions patterns towards environmental issues and the possibility to improve these decisions during teaching process using Socio-Scientific Issues Approach. And to achieve this, the researcher prepared and developed tools of the study represented by a test of open questions focused on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Student Attitudes, Decision Making
Level of the Environmental Risks' Awareness of Water Shortage for the Educational Sciences College's Student-Teachers at the World Islamic Sciences and Education University in Jordan
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Alebous, Tahani – Education, 2016
The study aimed at investigating the degree of awareness of environmental risks of water shortage of students-teachers in the majors of Classroom teachers, Counseling and Special education in the Education Sciences College at WISE and their degree of awareness according to major and gender. The sample of the study which was selected randomly…
Descriptors: Risk, Environmental Influences, Natural Resources, Water