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The Influence of Extracurricular Activities on the Interest of Czech and Finnish Students in Biology
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Download full textIna Rajsiglová; Viktorie Poneszová; Milada Teplá – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
Extracurricular learning plays a key role in shaping students' interest in (not only) biology. The research examined which extracurricular areas related to biology can make biology more attractive for the participating Finnish and Czech students. A 5-point Likert scale questionnaire was administered to 178 Finnish and 195 Czech 9th-grade…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Education, Student Interests, Science Interests
Sugianto, Ellen – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2023
South Australia's PISA performance has been in constant decline since 2003 with the proportion of PISA participants meeting the Australian national proficient standard dropping from 73% (in 2003) to 50% (in 2018). In contrast, Singapore is a consistently strong performer. To better understand student readiness in answering PISA questions, this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students, International Assessment
Direct linkKeinonen, Tuula; de Jager, Thelma – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2017
Globalization, in the case of science education, leads not only to an increase in homogeneity but also to an increase in cultural encounters. In this study, researchers from 2 distinct cultures, South Africa and Finland, used a qualitative approach to probe student teachers' perspectives on chemistry education. Participants were 1st-year chemistry…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Chemistry
Lam, Shui-fong; Jimerson, Shane; Shin, Hyeonsook; Cefai, Carmel; Veiga, Feliciano H.; Hatzichristou, Chryse; Polychroni, Fotini; Kikas, Eve; Wong, Bernard P. H.; Stanculescu, Elena; Basnett, Julie; Duck, Robert; Farrell, Peter; Liu, Yi; Negovan, Valeria; Nelson, Brett; Yang, Hongfei; Zollneritsch, Josef – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
Background: A comprehensive understanding of the contextual factors that are linked to student engagement requires research that includes cross-cultural perspectives. Aims: This study investigated how student engagement in school is associated with grade, gender, and contextual factors across 12 countries. It also investigated whether these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Learner Engagement, Cross Cultural Studies
Wang, Jianjun – 1995
Most comparative studies about China were challenged by many sinologists and educators for not grounding on representative samples. This research is mainly based on a Chinese data base collected from a random sample of more than 10,000 9th-grade students in the Second International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
Forgasz, Helen J.; And Others – 1996
This study examined whether U.S., Australian, and Swedish grade 9 male and female students' beliefs about themselves as learners of mathematics and English/Swedish differed. The cohort of grade 9 students from one coeducational school in each country participated in the study. Questionnaires were distributed in the three countries and contained…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries
