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Hacieminoglu, Esme – Education Quarterly Reviews, 2021
Investigating on what school- and student-level factors are related to pupils' learning orientations was the main purpose of this study. The study used a sample of 2917 middle school pupils across Turkey. The Test of Science Related Attitude, Learning Approach Questionnaire and the Achievement Motivation Questionnaire were utilised as data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Learning Strategies, Rote Learning
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Chou, Te-Lien; Tang, Kai-Yu; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
Programming learning has become an essential literacy for computer science (CS) and non-CS students in the digital age. Researchers have addressed that students' conceptions of learning influence their approaches to learning, and thus impact their learning outcomes. Therefore, we aimed to uncover students' conceptions of programming learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Attitudes
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M. Faadiel Essop; Emmanuel Bourdon – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Teaching physiology can be challenging as students are initially required to understand basic and abstract concepts. Thus students typically view physiology as a "difficult" subject and place an emphasis on rote learning and memorization. Here, we attempted to address this knowledge gap by introducing a pedagogical intervention into the…
Descriptors: Neurology, Physiology, Rote Learning, Memorization
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Wu, Yi-Jhen; Carstensen, Claus H.; Lee, Jihyun – Educational Psychology, 2020
This study examined learning strategy use in mathematics among East Asian students in East Asian educational systems. By employing latent class analysis on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 data, we found four classes of learning strategy types, namely memorization with metacognitive strategies (17.49%), metacognitive…
Descriptors: Memorization, Learning Strategies, Achievement Tests, International Assessment
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Chimbi, Godsend T.; Jita, Loyiso C. – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2021
This paper examines the interaction between class size and teachers' selection of teaching methods while implementing a new history curriculum in Zimbabwean secondary schools. Policy makers, parents, teachers, and students are worried about large class sizes because they are associated with higher dropout rates, less teacher-student interaction…
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Change, Secondary School Teachers, History Instruction
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Gültepe, Nejla – Pedagogical Research, 2021
One of the complex units of chemistry education is acid-base equilibria, and learners have difficulty constructing cognitive structures on the subject. The aim of this study is to examine the conceptions of pre-service chemistry teachers with regard to weak acid-base equilibria using a diagnostic test. A qualitative research method was employed as…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Diagnostic Tests
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Grey, Alyssa N. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2020
Rote versus note beginning instrumental pedagogy has been an active topic for music educators. Traditional method books have often comprised a significant portion of beginning instrumental curricula, though content has varied and may have been based on convention. Advocates of a rote-before-note approach have recommended that singing, movement,…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teaching Methods, Rote Learning, Musical Instruments
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Wronowski, Meredith L.; Thornton, Margaret; Razavi-Maleki, Bita; Witcher, Angelica W.; Duarte, Bryan J. – Teachers College Record, 2022
Background/Context: In this study, we draw on evolving definitions of opportunity to learn (OTL) to conceptualize mathematics OTL has having two main components: structural OTL, defined by gatekeeping access to specific mathematics courses through the process of tracking, and instructional OTL, defined by the learning experiences of students in…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Mathematics Achievement, High School Students, Access to Education
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Kaya, Tugba Baran; Demir, Gönül Türkan – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
This research aims to give an idea of the approach of mathematics teaching in primary schools in the early years of Republic of Turkey and compare it with the current approach of teaching within the context of Mathematics Teaching Knowledge (MTK). Therefore, the sample of the study was the article entitled "Arithmetic (Mathematics) Courses in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Mathematics Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Bowen, Ryan S.; Flaherty, Aishling A.; Cooper, Melanie M. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Within chemistry education, there are various curricular and pedagogical approaches that aim to improve teaching and learning in chemistry. Efforts to characterize these transformations have primarily focused on student reasoning and performance, and little work has been done to explore student perceptions of curricular and pedagogical…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction, Transformative Learning, Teaching Methods
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Singh, Charanjit Kaur Swaran; Muhammad, Mazura Mastura; Mostafa, Nor Azmi; Yunus, Melor Md; Noordin, Nooreen; Darm, Ramiaida – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
English Language teachers are expected to keep abreast with expectations and challenges that they come across in assisting their students to attain higher level of academic achievement. Studies show that teachers are unable to assess students accordingly as the current education system in Malaysia is too examination-oriented and over emphasises…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Academic Achievement
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Golding, David – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2022
This study examines colonial governmentality in a Sri Lankan partner institution of University of London (UOL) through semi-structured interviews with students and faculty. UOL began administrating colonised educational spaces in the 19th century, and now governs approximately 80 partner institutions throughout the global South. Its…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Universities, Teacher Attitudes, College Faculty
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Kurushkin, Mikhail; Kurushkin, Dmitry – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
A novel educational chart that represents the acid--base behavior of 100 s-, p-, d-, and f-element oxides depending on the element's electronegativity and oxidation state was designed. An updated periodic table of said oxides was developed. A mathematical criterion based on the chart was derived which allows prediction of the behavior of…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, High Schools, Chemistry
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Chappell, Elizabeth – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2020
String musicians put a high priority on ear training in order to be successful on their instruments. Research suggests that delaying music reading to teach by ear does not negatively affect sight-reading performance in the long term, may improve music literacy skills, and also may improve student perceptions of accomplishment. The pedagogy of…
Descriptors: Music Education, Musical Instruments, Problem Solving, Auditory Discrimination
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Özbugutu, Emrah – Journal of Education and Learning, 2021
This study was conducted with a total of 158 students from 6th, 7th and 8th grades in two different secondary schools located in Siirt in the academic year of 2020-2021 to examine students' anxiety about the science lesson in terms of various variables and to determine the reasons for science anxiety. The study was conducted on the basis of a…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Science Education, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes
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