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The Relationship of Sense of School Belonging to Physics Attitude among High School Students in Advanced Physics Courses
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Smith, Thomas J.; Hong, Zuway-R; Hsu, Wen-Yi; Lu, Ying-Yan – Science Education, 2022
This study examined how high school students' attitudes toward advanced physics were predicted by their sense of school belonging, and how gender moderated this relationship. The Trends in International Math and Science (TIMSS) 2015 Advanced data, consisting of responses from 12th grade students enrolled in advanced physics courses among nine…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Physics
Actual versus Implied Physics Students: How Students from Traditional Physics Classrooms Related to an Innovative Approach to Quantum Physics
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Bøe, Maria Vetleseter; Henriksen, Ellen Karoline; Angell, Carl – Science Education, 2018
Calls for renewal of physics education include more varied learning activities and increased focus on qualitative understanding and history and philosophy of science (HPS) aspects. We have studied an innovative approach implementing such features in quantum physics in traditional upper secondary physics classrooms in Norway. Data consists of 11…
Descriptors: Science Education, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Instructional Innovation
"Do Books Like These Have Authors?" New Roles for Text and New Demands on Students in Integrated Science-Literacy Instruction
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Sørvik, Gard Ove; Blikstad-Balas, Marte; Ødegaard, Marianne – Science Education, 2015
We report on research that explores students' literacy practices in six Norwegian primary school science classrooms during integrated science-literacy instruction. The study combines observational video data and interview data to examine students' encounters with and use of text, along with their views and experiences related to science and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Reading Habits, Elementary School Science
Love It or Leave It: Norwegian Students' Motivations and Expectations for Postcompulsory Physics
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Boe, Maria Vetleseter; Henriksen, Ellen Karoline – Science Education, 2013
In response to insufficient participation and female underrepresentation in physics education, this article uses questionnaire data from Norwegian physics students in upper secondary ("N" = 585) and first-year tertiary ("N" = 278) education to characterize the "physics choosers." An expectancy-value perspective is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physics, Science Instruction, Womens Education
Science Choices in Norwegian Upper Secondary School: What Matters?
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Boe, Maria Vetleseter – Science Education, 2012
There is international concern about young people's participation in science. This study investigated the relevant importance of various issues in 1628 Norwegian upper secondary students' choices of postcompulsory subject combinations: natural science and mathematics (henceforth Science) or languages, social science and economics (henceforth…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Social Sciences
High School Students' Understanding of Radiation and the Environment: Can Museums Play a Role?
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Henriksen, Ellen K.; Jorde, Doris – Science Education, 2001
Teaching units were developed by the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology for visiting students. Using these units as an evaluation instrument, students' written responses were analyzed to gain insight into student understanding and attitudes toward radiation issues and to explore whether the exhibition may successfully convey scientific…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Museums