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Restrepo, Silvia; ter Horst, Enrique; Zambrano, Juan Diego; Gunn, Laura H.; Molina, German; Salazar, Carlos Andres – Education for Information, 2022
This manuscript builds on a novel, automatic, freely-available Bayesian approach to extract information in abstracts and titles to classify research topics by quartile. This approach is demonstrated for all N= 149,129 ISI-indexed publications in biological sciences journals during 2017. A Bayesian multinomial inverse regression approach is used to…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Biological Sciences, Trend Analysis, Classification
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Prasad, Joshua J.; Showler, Morgan B.; Schmitt, Neal; Ryan, Ann Marie; Nye, Christopher D. – International Journal of Testing, 2017
The present research compares the operation of situational judgement and biodata measures between Chinese and U.S. respondents. We describe the development and past research on both measures, followed by hypothesized differences across the two groups of respondents. We base hypotheses on the nature of the Chinese and U.S. educational systems and…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Hypothesis Testing, Cross Cultural Studies, Comparative Analysis
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Tao, Ying; Oliver, Mary Colette; Venville, Grady Jane – International Journal of Science Education, 2012
Children have formal science instruction from kindergarten in Australia and from Year 3 in China. The purpose of this research was to explore the impact that different approaches to primary science curricula in China and Australia have on children's conceptual understanding of science. Participants were Year 3 children from three schools of high,…
Descriptors: Tests, Biological Sciences, Foreign Countries, Earth Science
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Biemans, Harm; Van Mil, Marc – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2008
This study investigated the extent to which the learning styles of Chinese students differ from those of Dutch students. The study was conducted within the context of English language Bachelor of Science programmes that Wageningen University offers together with China Agricultural University to Dutch and Chinese students. Sixteen Dutch students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Biological Sciences, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries