NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Aldridge, Jill M.; Fraser, Barry J.; Taylor, Peter C.; Chen, Chung-Chih – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Describes the validation and use of English and Chinese versions of the Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES) in a study of high school science classrooms in Australia (n=1081) and Taiwan (n=1879). Data analysis supported each scale's internal consistency reliability, factor structure, and ability to differentiate between classrooms,…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Cross Cultural Studies
Chen, Chung-Chih; And Others – 1997
This paper reports on part of a cross-national study of science classroom environments in Taiwan and Australia. It focuses on teachers' beliefs about science and science teaching and the effects these beliefs have on the learning environment in the science classroom. Better understanding of this relationship between teacher beliefs and learning…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries
Chen, Chung-Chih; Taylor, Peter Charles; Aldridge, Jill M. – 1998
This paper reports on the latest outcomes of an ongoing cross national research project that examines the relationship between teachers' beliefs about the nature of science and the classroom learning environment from a reform-oriented constructivist perspective in junior high school science classrooms in Australia and Taiwan. The focus is on an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development