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Semra Ayata; Gorkem Oylumluoglu; Muhammet M. Alpaslan – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2024
Energy literacy has become acritical issue in recent years. The purpose of this study was to examine the contributions of epistemological beliefs to energy literacy in lower-secondary school students in Turkey. Data were collected via self-report questionnaires from 656 lower-secondary school students in the Aegean Region of Turkey. To address the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Energy, Student Attitudes
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Caymaz, Belkiz; Aydin, Abdullah – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2021
The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of the common knowledge construction model (CKCM)-based instruction on academic achievement and 7th grade students' views about the nature of science (NOS) presented in electrical energy unit at schools of different socio-economic levels. In accordance with this purpose, three secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Grade 7, Science Achievement
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Avci, Filiz; Kirbaslar, Fatma Gülay; Sesen, Burcin Acar – South African Journal of Education, 2019
In this study we aimed to analyse the effects of the Instructional Curriculum based on Cooperative Learning (ICBCL) prepared for the subjects, the orders of electrons and chemical properties, chemical bonds, compounds and their formulas, and mixtures on 7th grade learners' learning achievements, motivations to learn science, and their attitudes…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Science Instruction, Chemistry, Grade 7
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Yalçinkaya-Önder, Eylem; Zorluoglu, Seraceddin Levent; Timur, Betül; Timur, Serkan; Güvenç, Elif; Özergun, Ilgim; Özdemir, Muzaffer – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2022
The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which science process skills are represented in the texts and activities in 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade science textbooks according to the learning areas of the science curriculum. The document analysis method is adopted in the current study. Course contents and activities in…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Textbooks, Science Process Skills
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Rioux, Joel; Ewing, Bronwyn; Cooper, Tom J. – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2018
This paper reports on an Action Research project that investigated the integration of Aboriginal and Western knowledge into science learning in a Montessori classroom in regional Queensland, Australia. Drawing on the local knowledge of fauna of community members, the study explored the teaching of science to 12 year 8-9 students in an Aboriginal…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge, Biology, Science Curriculum
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Yildirim, Halil Ibrahim; Sensoy, Onder – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Purpose of this research is to examine effect of science teaching enriched with technological practices on attitude levels of secondary school 7th grade students towards science course. Execution step of the research was performed on 7th grade students attending to a government secondary school in Turkey in the academic year of 2015 and completed…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Grade 7, Secondary School Students
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Dasdemir, Ikramettin – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2016
The aim of this research is to determine the effect of the different teaching methods, on seventh-grade students' academic achievement and scientific attitudes. The research was carried out using quasi-experimental methods. The research sample consisted of 84 seventh grade students studying in three different classes. One of these classes an…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Cooperative Learning, Animation, Grade 7
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Jang, Syh-Jong – Computers & Education, 2009
The purpose of the study was to investigate how web-based technology could be utilized and integrated with real-life scientific materials to stimulate the creativity of secondary school students. One certified science teacher and 31 seventh graders participated in this study. Several real-life experience science sessions integrated with online…
Descriptors: Creativity, Student Attitudes, Online Courses, Science Teachers
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Bahar, Mehmet; Polat, Mahmut – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2007
In this study it was aimed to i) diagnose the topics that are perceived as difficult at the level of 6-8 science classes and ii) find out the reasons behind of these difficulties as well as propose suggestions to remedy these difficulties. Eighteen science teachers and three hundred students attending different types of secondary schools…
Descriptors: Science Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Science Teachers, Science Instruction