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Danladi, Sa'Idu; Nwosu, Apollonia Anaele; Gumel, Sani Abdullahi – Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia, 2019
Purpose: This study reports on the outcome of an investigative inquiry approach - Model Based Inquiry (MBI) on achievement and critical thinking of college pre-service chemistry teachers. Methodology: Anchored on Constructivism, the study employed quasi experimental (nonequivalent control group) design. A total of 174 level 200 college pre-service…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Preservice Teachers, Chemistry, Science Instruction
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Chykina, Volha; Chung, Hee Jin; Bodovski, Katerina – European Education, 2016
Using all available waves of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) from 1995 to 2011, this study examines the factors influencing educational expectations of students in five Eastern European countries (Hungary, Lithuania, the Russian Federation, Romania, and Slovenia). We consistently find across countries and waves…
Descriptors: Social Change, Academic Aspiration, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
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Khavenson, Tatiana; Carnoy, Martin – Oxford Review of Education, 2016
In this paper, we try to unravel some of the unintended and intended academic effects associated with post-Soviet educational reforms by focusing on three cases: Estonia, Latvia and Russia. We have chosen this comparison because a unique "natural experiment" in the three countries allows us to compare the changing academic performance on…
Descriptors: Social Change, Social Systems, Academic Achievement, Russian