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The Role of Structured Inquiry, Open Inquiry, and Epistemological Beliefs in Developing Secondary Students' Scientific and Mathematical Literacies
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Wang, Hsin-Hui; Hong, Zuway-R; She, Hsiao-Ching; Smith, Thomas J.; Fielding, Jill; Lin, Huann-shyang – International Journal of STEM Education, 2022
Background: The recommendation from national documents and reports to promote inquiry-related science activities has not been supported by recent studies, which have found the overall frequency of inquiry activities to be negatively associated with student learning outcomes. This study was inspired by such conflicting reports and aimed to clarify…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Epistemology, Beliefs, Literacy
Reflections on and Implications of the Programme for International Student Assessment 2015 (PISA 2015) Performance of Students in Taiwan: The Role of Epistemic Beliefs about Science in Scientific Literacy
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She, Hsiao-Ching; Lin, Huann-shyang; Huang, Li-Yu – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Abstract The 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has drawn a substantial amount of attention from science educators and educational policymakers because it marked the first time that PISA assessed students' ability to evaluate and design scientific inquiry using computer-based simulations. We undertook a secondary analysis…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Resilience (Psychology)
Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches in Studying Student Perceptions of Teacher Behavior in Taiwan and Australia.
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She, Hsiao-Ching; Fisher, Darrell L. – 1998
A cross-national study of learning environments in Taiwan and Australia is one example of research that employs both qualitative and quantitative methods. This paper describes the part of that study related to the development and validation of an instrument called the Teacher Student Interaction (TSI) which assess student perceptions of teacher…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development