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Bello, Theodora Olufunke – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The study identified the different cultural concepts that secondary school students' believe in and determined the belief and idea of students about the cultural concepts. It also investigated students' source of information about the cultural concepts and determined the influence of these cultural believes on students' academic performance in…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Cultural Influences, Beliefs, Values
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Cobbinah, Charles; Bayaga, Anass – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
The aim of this study was to explore physics teachers' ramification of theory and practices as a result of physics content and pedagogical changes in the Further Education and Training (FET) phase. The researchers adopted the mixed method research approach. The quantitative aspect involved 109 physics teachers and the qualitative approach used ten…
Descriptors: Physics, Theory Practice Relationship, Mixed Methods Research, Teaching Experience
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Guisasola, Jenaro; Almudi, Jose M.; Zuza, Kristina – International Journal of Science Education, 2013
This study examined engineering and physical science students' understanding of the electromagnetic induction (EMI) phenomena. It is assumed that significant knowledge of the EMI theory is a basic prerequisite when students have to think about electromagnetic phenomena. To analyse students' conceptions, we have taken into account the fact that…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Scientific Concepts, Questionnaires, Interviews
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Ergul, N. Remziye – Educational Research and Reviews, 2012
This study investigated the basic knowledge levels of teacher candidates' from different branches regarding the subjects of radiation and radioactivity. 42 variables were determined in relation to the specified titles. In the preparation stage of determining the variables, all the related programs were examined, and attention was paid to include…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Radiation, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes
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Pavlin, Jerneja; Vaupotic, Natasa; Glazar, Sasa A.; Cepic, Mojca; Devetak, Iztok – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2011
A total of 448 first-year university students participated in the study at the beginning of the academic year 2009/10. A paper-pencil liquid crystal questionnaire (LCQ) comprising 20 items was used to evaluate students' general conceptions related to liquid crystals, their properties and to the state of matter in general. The results show that 2/3…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Academic Achievement, Student Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes
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Zhang, Xiangmin; Anghelescu, Hermina G. B.; Yuan, Xiaojun – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2005
Introduction: This study sought to answer three questions: 1) Would the level of domain knowledge significantly affect the user's search behaviour? 2) Would the level of domain knowledge significantly affect search effectiveness, and 3) What would be the relationship between search behaviour and search effectiveness? Method: Participants were…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Search Strategies, Online Searching, Engineering Education