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Family Background, Schooling, and Academic Achievement: Taiwan as an Illustrative Case
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Tzung-Ruei Tsou – SAGE Open, 2024
The importance of family background in determining a student's academic achievement has long been acknowledged by researchers. Nonetheless, the effect of schooling on this relationship has also been widely investigated. Some studies have shown that family background plays a far stronger role while the effect of schooling is minimal; others have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Characteristics, Academic Achievement, Institutional Characteristics
Interdisciplinary STEM Program on Authentic Aerosol Science Research and Students' Systems Thinking Approach in Problem-Solving
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Melton, Jeremy W.; Ali Saiful, Jepri; Pat Shein, Paichi – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
An increasingly important aim in education is to develop students capable of addressing complex, interdependent problems. This study integrates theories of situated learning, authentic science research, socioscientific issues, and interdisciplinary STEM education to construct a program for high school students. Drawn from Vygotsky and Dewey's…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, STEM Education, Organic Chemistry, Scientific Research
Enhancing Ninth Graders' Science Learning through Organiser-Supported Gaming
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Sun-Lin, Hong-Zheng; Chiou, Guey-Fa – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2020
This study explored the effects of an organiser-supported learning game on ninth graders' science concept learning, perceptions of learning, enjoyment, and willingness to learn. A learning game (Force Hero) was modified from a commercial game, and a pre-test, a post-test, and a questionnaire were employed. In the game, students used their avatars'…
Descriptors: Grade 9, High School Students, Science Education, Educational Games
Excellence without Equity in Student Mathematics Performance: The Case of Taiwan from an International Perspective
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Huang, Min-Hsiung – Comparative Education Review, 2017
As Taiwanese students progress from elementary to junior high school, there is a remarkable increase in the inequality of achievement in mathematics. This increase is of a magnitude not seen in other countries. Findings show that the widening-gap phenomenon is accompanied by an exceptional increase in the percentage of students reaching the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap, Family Characteristics
Investigating Taiwanese Students' Visualization Competence of Matter at the Particulate Level
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Chang, Hsin-Yi; Tzeng, Shi-Fang – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2018
In this study, we have synthesized the research on visualization and representation to propose a model consisting of 4 major components of visualization competence in learning science: constructing, interpreting, transforming, and critiquing visualizations. We have developed and validated an assessment that measures students' visualization…
Descriptors: Visualization, Foreign Countries, Models, High School Students
Current as the Key Concept of Taiwanese Students' Understandings of Electric Circuits
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Tsai, Chia-Hsing; Chen, Hsueh-Yu; Chou, Ching-Yang; Lain, Kuen-Der – International Journal of Science Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to report the results of a nationwide survey of Taiwanese high schools students' understandings about electric circuits. The study involved two stratified random samples consisting of 7,145 students in Grades 8 and 9, and 2,857 students in Grade 11, accounting for about 2.3% of the total enrolment in the corresponding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 11