NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Ninth Graders' Learning Interests, Life Experiences and Attitudes towards Science & Technology
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Chang, Shu-Nu; Yeung, Yau-Yuen; Cheng, May Hung – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
Students' learning interests and attitudes toward science have both been studied for decades. However, the connection between them with students' life experiences about science and technology has not been addressed much. The purpose of this study is to investigate students' learning interests and life experiences about science and technology, and…
Descriptors: Females, Likert Scales, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
The Effects of STS-Oriented Instruction on Female Tenth Graders' Cognitive Structure Outcomes and the Role of Student Scientific Epistemological Beliefs.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 2000
Investigates the effects of Science-Technology-Society instruction on a group of Taiwanese female 10th grade students' cognitive structure outcomes. Examines the role of student scientific epistemological beliefs on such effects. (Author/SAH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Epistemology, Females, Foreign Countries
The Progression toward Constructivist Epistemological Views of Science: A Case Study of the STS Instruction of Taiwanese High School Female Students.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 1999
Discusses Science-Technology-Society (STS) instruments as a promising means to help students progress towards constructivist-oriented epistemological views of science. (Author/CCM)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Epistemology, Females, Foreign Countries