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Streumer, Jan N; Doornekamp, B. Gerald – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1989
This study assessed the achievement of 14/15 year-old pupils related to technology. The total mean score for the boys was significantly higher than that of the girls. Father's education was significantly related to achievement. (Author/CW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Middle Schools, Science Education, Secondary Education
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van den Berg, Ed; Grosheide, Wim – Science Education International, 2001
Introduces a series of lesson plans on energy for junior high school students. (YDS)
Descriptors: Electricity, Energy, Energy Conservation, Energy Education
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De Jong, Onno; Ahtee, Maija; Goodwin, Alan; Hatzinikita, Vassilia; Koulaidis, Vasilis – European Journal of Teacher Education, 1999
Investigated Dutch, Finnish, English, and Greek preservice science teachers' conceptions of and concerns about how to teach the concept of combustion. Participants prepared lessons for junior secondary students, then completed interviews and questionnaires. Results revealed many important and similar characteristics of prospective teachers' views…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Wang, Aubrey H.; Coleman, Ashaki B.; Coley, Richard J.; Phelps, Richard P. – 2003
This report analyzes teacher education and development policies in countries that participated in the Repeat of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study at the Eighth Grade and scored as well as or higher than the United States, also providing information on the systems of Australia, England, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers, College Admission