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Download full textMcGowan, Ian S. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2020
Upto now, the knowledge building influence of the fundamental communicative functions during an on-line collaborative learning (OLCL) session, i.e. argumentative, responsive, elicitative, informative and imperative have been mainly based on results from qualitative studies, results that could have been strengthened by quantitative approaches.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Online Courses, Cooperative Learning, Computer Science Education
Soyibo, Kola; Rainford, Marcia – 1998
This study assessed the extent to which the science content knowledge, process skills, and attitudes of some Grade 7 students improved after the implementation of the Jamaican reform of secondary education (RSEO) science curriculum. Relationships among gender, school location, and student performance were also investigated. The study sample of 156…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Grade 7
Soyibo, Kola; McKenzie-Briscoe, B. O. – 1998
This study examines the extent to which some students comprehend four integrated science textbooks and the relationships among their grade level, gender, school location and type, and ability to comprehend the texts. Jamaican high school students (N=160) were the subjects of the study which involved data sources such as cloze, comprehension,…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, High School Students
Isaacs, Patricia A. – 1984
Although the development of process skills has been accepted as being an important part of elementary school curricula in science and in other subjects, few valid and reliable tests exist for their assessment. Therefore, a test is currently being developed to assess these skills. It is designed to meet seven criteria (such as testing process…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Grade 3, Primary Education, Process Education
Soyibo, Kola; Lofters, Paula – 1999
The types of assessment methods that 400 Jamaican primary teachers indicated that they used in teaching science were analyzed using three instruments. Most of the teachers indicated that they often used oral quiz and other traditional assessment methods (TAM) while alternative assessment methods (AAM) were rarely used. An oral quiz was often used…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Soyibo, Kola; Beaumont-Walters, Yvonne – 2000
This study determined Jamaican high school students' level of performance on five integrated science process skills and if there were significant differences in their performance linked to their gender, grade level, school location, school-type, student-type, and socioeconomic background (SEB). The 305 subjects comprised 133 males, 172 females,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools, Performance Based Assessment
