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Seoh, Kah Huat Robin; Ramanathan, Subramaniam; Hoh, Yin Kiong – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2014
Despite the teaching of biological evolution in the classroom for decades, the learning of concepts related to evolution continue to pose difficulties for students, due to their inability to see the relevance of evolution their everyday experiences. In this study, we report the results from questionnaires composed of twelve multiple-choice items…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Grade 12, Evolution, Science Instruction
Seoh, Kah Huat Robin; Subramaniam, Ramanathan; Hoh, Yin Kiong – Australian Association for Research in Education, 2013
Diverse alternative conceptions embedded in the minds of learners of biology impede their learning of evolution. Our study aimed to find out the acceptance level of the theory of evolution in high school students in Singapore, characterise how students describe human evolution, and measure the prevalence of common alternative conceptions in the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Evolution, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries
Chang, Agnes Shook Cheong – 1989
The learning approaches of secondary students were studied for 495 eighth-, tenth- and twelfth-grade students in Singapore. The focus was on determining: (1) the dominant approach used by students in learning different academic subjects (English, Chinese, mathematics, and science); (2) the motive-strategy consequence in learning these different…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Chinese, Cognitive Style