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McLure, Felicity; Aldridge, Jill – International Journal of Christianity & Education, 2023
Understanding students' perceptions of Christian education is essential for schools seeking to make changes that enhance opportunities for students to understand and engage with Christian faith. This study introduces and describes the validation of an accessible survey that probes students' perceptions of the Christian culture of their school and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Christianity, Religious Education, School Culture
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McLure, Felicity; Won, Mihye; Treagust, David F. – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
The topic of natural selection presents challenges to high school students since it requires understanding of an emergent process, which is a missing schema for most students. Many interventions for teaching natural selection have limited effect in bringing about substantial ontological conceptual change. This study evaluates the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, High School Students, Science Instruction
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McLure, Felicity; Won, Mihye; Treagust, David F. – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Although the benefits of addressing cognitive, social and affective aspects of learning in order to support conceptual change have been discussed in the literature, there are few studies of such interventions in the normal classroom. This study used a multidimensional conceptual change framework in order to teach five biology and physics topics…
Descriptors: Intervention, Science Instruction, Grade 9, Grade 10