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Direct linkWegner, Claas; Spintzyk, Katharina; Strehlke, Friederike; Minnaert, Lea; Gröben, Bernd – School Science Review, 2014
In 2000, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study was conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It is a worldwide study of 15-year-old students' performance in mathematics, science and reading skills. The study showed relatively poor results for German students' scientific literacy…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Biology, Physical Education, Teaching Methods
Snyder, Kate E.; Nietfeld, John L.; Linnenbrink-Garcia, Lisa – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2011
The current study investigated differences in metacognition between high school gifted (n = 44) and typical (n = 23) students and examined local calibration accuracy as a potential mechanism for partially explaining superior exam performance by gifted students. Metacognition was measured using student self-reports of metacognitive awareness,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Metacognition, Biology, Longitudinal Studies
Leight, Hayley; Saunders, Cheston; Calkins, Robin; Withers, Michelle – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2012
Collaborative testing has been shown to improve performance but not always content retention. In this study, we investigated whether collaborative testing could improve both performance and content retention in a large, introductory biology course. Students were semirandomly divided into two groups based on their performances on exam 1. Each group…
Descriptors: Individual Testing, Biology, Scoring, Group Testing
Moore, Eddie Eugene – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study explores the differences between traditional and alternate route certification by focusing on the achievement of students who have been instructed by teachers from each program. In addition, this study identifies the strengths and weaknesses of teachers from each certification route through surveys and interviews with principals in the…
Descriptors: Scores, Principals, Teacher Certification, Administrator Attitudes
Muraya, Daniel Ngaru; Kimamo, Githui – Educational Research and Reviews, 2011
Performance in Biology at secondary school level in Kenya remains poor and one reason is the teaching approach adopted by teachers with teacher-centered approaches being pre-dominant. This study sought to determine the effect of cooperative learning approach on mean achievement scores in Biology of secondary school students.…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Teacher Effectiveness, Achievement Tests, Cooperative Learning
Downs, C. T. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2009
First year students' academic performance in three Life Science courses (Botany, Zoology and Bioscience) was compared. Pass rates, as well as the means and distributions of final marks were analysed. Of the three components (coursework, practical and theory examinations) contributing to the final mark of each course, students performed best in the…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Botany, Biological Sciences
Download full textBejar, Isaac I.; And Others – 1977
Information provided by typical and improved conventional classroom achievement tests was compared with information provided by an adaptive test covering the same subject matter. Both tests were administered to over 700 college students in a general biology course. Using the same scoring method, adaptive testing was found to yield substantially…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Biology
