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Mackenzie, Erin; Holmes, Kathryn; Berger, Nathan – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2022
In this study, we examined whether generalised mathematics anxiety, application of mathematics in science anxiety, and positive attitudes towards mathematics influenced adolescents' intentions to study biology, chemistry, and physics in Grades 11 and 12. Participants were 477 students in Grades 8-10 from two schools in Western Sydney. Girls…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Students, Anxiety
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Schiffl, Iris – Research in Science Education, 2020
Information literacy--i.e. obtaining, evaluating and using information--is a key element of scientific literacy. However, students are frequently equipped with poor information literacy skills--even at university level--as information literacy is often not explicitly taught in schools. Little is known about students' information skills in science…
Descriptors: Information Literacy, Science Education, Biology, Grade 8
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Yoon, Susan A.; Goh, Sao-Ee; Yang, Zhitong – Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education, 2019
Recent research on what students know about complex systems shows that they typically have challenges in understanding particular system ideas such as nonlinearity, complex causality, and decentralized control. Yet this research has yet to adopt a systematic approach to learning about complex systems in an ordered way in line with the Next…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Models, Middle School Students, High School Students
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Reilly, David; Neumann, David L.; Andrews, Glenda – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Gender gaps in the development of mathematical and scientific literacy have important implications for the general public's understanding of scientific issues and for the underrepresentation of women in science, technology, engineering, and math. We subjected data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress to a meta-analysis to examine…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Mathematics Achievement, Science Achievement, Meta Analysis
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Timms, Michael; Schneider, Steven; Lee, Cindy; Rolfhus, Eric – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest (NJ1), 2007
This policy research document is intended for Arkansas policymakers to use when examining possible changes to the Arkansas state assessment's alignment with the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The 2009 NAEP test is not yet in existence, so the purpose of this report is to give policymakers a head start in determining where they…
Descriptors: Science Tests, National Competency Tests, National Standards, State Standards
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program. – 1990
The purpose of this report is to examine how well students in Massachusetts are meeting the Goals of Education, as measured by the Massachusetts Education Assessment Program (MEAP). The first section of this report defines various levels of proficiency and then compares different groups within the student population in terms of the percentages…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
Reading Community Schools, OH. – 1968
GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Science. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into three sections, one each for elementary grades, middle grades, and high school. The first two sections are further subdivided by grade level and the last section is subdivided by course. Sections are laid out in four columns across two…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Curriculum, Curriculum Guides