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STS and Comparative Assessment of Scientific Theory.
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Fensham, Peter J. – Research in Science Education, 1995
The Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) endeavored to achieve a balance between student learning of school science in a competitive sense and the variety of science learnings that contemporary curricula for science expect. The impact of science-technology-society (STS) on science curricula is used to explore these tensions in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Competition, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Connecting Points: Teacher Decision-Making about Student Data-Collection Technology.
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Kreuger, Alice; Rawls, Greg – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 1998
Enumerates concerns that educators have regarding the use of student data-collection tools such as the computer-based laboratory (CBL) and the microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL). Compares various types of data-collection technologies. (DDR)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Data Collection, Hands on Science
A Cross-Cultural, Nature of Science Investigation: A Comparative Analysis of NOSS Profiles on Nigerian and American Pre-Service, Secondary Science Teachers.
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Cobern, William W. – 1987
In this study, American pre-service teachers' responses on Kimball's Nature of Science Survey (NOSS) were used as a basis for analyzing the sense of "the nature of science" held by a group of Nigerian pre-service science teachers. In comparing the responses it was apparent that the Nigerian students were much more inclined to see science…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
Stimulating Science and Technology in Higher Education: An International Comparison of Policy Measures and Their Effectiveness. Summary
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Hamer, Rebecca; Frinking, Erik J.; Horlings, Edwin – RAND Corporation, 2005
RAND Europe has performed a study for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. This study aims to increase the understanding regarding the influence of societal developments and policy initiatives on the attractiveness and uptake of science and technology (S&T) in higher education. This study consists of an international…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Science Education
Stimulating Science and Technology in Higher Education: An International Comparison of Policy Measures and Their Effectiveness
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Hamer, Rebecca; Frinking, Erik J.; Horlings, Edwin – RAND Corporation, 2005
RAND Europe has performed a study for the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science. This study aims to increase the understanding regarding the influence of societal developments and policy initiatives on the attractiveness and uptake of science and technology (S&T) in higher education. This study consists of an international…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Science Education